His family lineage was the Shibukawa clan, that was a branch of the Ashikaga clan whose originator was MINAMOTO no Yoshikuni, a son of Chinju-fu shogun (Commander-in-Chief of the Defense of the North) MINAMOTO no Yoshiie, the head of Kawachi-Genji (the Minamoto clan in Kawachi Province), that was one of the family lineages of Seiwa-Genji (the Minamoto clan originated from Emperor Seiwa).
家系は清和源氏の一家系　河内源氏の棟梁　鎮守府将軍源義家の子　源義国を祖とする足利氏の傍流、渋川氏。