The family produced Myogyo hakase (scholar), and later, concurrently served as Kamon no Kami (Head of the Bureau of Housekeeping) and Miki no Tsukasa (Head of the Brewery).
明経博士となるものを輩出し、後には掃部頭（掃部寮の長官（かみ））、造酒正（造酒司の長官（かみ））を兼任した。