He succeeded the Kawara family instead of his brother who had died early at the age of fifteen, but when his father's family lost their heir at the age of twenty-eight, he regretted the abolishment of this important family, made his sister take a husband, and made him succeed the Kawara family and restored the Kikuchi family at the age of thirty-eight after his retirement.
15歳の時に早世した兄に代わって河原家を嗣いでいたが、28歳の時に父の生家が断絶し、量平はこの名家が廃されるのを惜しみ、妹に婿養子を迎えて河原家を嗣がせたのち38歳で致仕し、菊池家を再興した。