The Kawabata family had died out once since Kimitora KAWABATA (Tokiyoshi NISHINOTOIN) had left the family and inherited the Nishinotoin family; then Motohide came in and restored the Kawabata family.
河鰭公虎（西洞院時慶）が西洞院家を相続したために中絶していた河鰭家を再興した。