The studies on the origin of the Kaminokuni family so far had been made based on the articles documented with the genealogical record, in which Kanosue ANDO was the first person who entered Minato in Dewa Province.
上国家の成立について、従来の説は安藤鹿季が出羽湊に入ったとの系図記載記事を踏襲したものであった。