Secondly, from his name 'Saburo' (literally means 'the third son'), one story suggests that Takanori was the third son and he had his eldest brother Enshin, who was a priest, his second elder brother named Jironorishige, and a younger sister.
第2点は、「三郎」という名乗りであり、一説に高徳は三男であり、長兄に僧・宴深、次兄に次郎範重が居り、下に妹が一人居るとされる。