This family was founded by Sukeakira YANAGIWARA, who was the fourth son of Toshimitsu HINO, in the period of the Northern and Southern Courts using the name of the Yanagiwara dono where Sukeakira lived as the family name.
南北朝時代(日本)に日野俊光の四男柳原資明が居住していた柳原殿を名字として起こした家柄である。