Even in the Edo period, considering the background of the Ashikaga Family as the former shogunate, Ieyasu TOKUGAWA granted Kakaku (the family status) equivalent to the yield of 100,000 koku to Yoriuji ASHIKAGA, who had originally been entitled to only 4,500 koku, and allowed the family to continue as the Kitsuregawa clan.
江戸時代においても、かつて将軍家であった足利氏の伝統を重んじた徳川家康は、石高4500石の足利頼氏に10万石の家格を与え、喜連川藩として存続させた。