The clan became acquainted with Ieyasu TOKUGAWA when Mt. Mera was designated as Mt. Takanosu, and picked by Ieyasu, after which they received kotaiyoriai-shu status (a family with the status equivalent of that of the Shishu).
徳川家康より米良山が鷹巣山に指定されたことが縁で召し出され、交代寄合衆（四衆に準ずる家）となった。