Michitomo HORIKAWA, who was the son of Nagaie TAKAKURA and had been adopted to Chikauji MINASE, was alienated from the Minase family after the adoptive father had a biological son, left the family, became a monk calling himself 'Saiun,' went to Togoku (Kanto region), and stayed under the protection of Ieyasu TOKUGAWA.
高倉永家の子で水無瀬親氏の養子となっていた堀河親具は、養父に実子が生まれた後に疎んじられて家を追われたために出家して「西雲」と号して東国に下り徳川家康のもとに身を寄せた。