In 1566, following Tokatsu TOCHI who was aggrieved by the oppressive Junkei TSUTSUI and went into exile in Imai, Sukeemonnojo Masaharu KAWAI, the fourth head of the family who was an Imanishi clansman and his retainers moved to that location.
十市遠勝が筒井順慶に圧迫されて今井に亡命した後を追って、永禄九年（1566年）に一族である四代目の川井助衛門尉正治が家臣と共に当地に移住した。