His family line was Seiwa-Genji (Minamoto clan), the head of the Kawachi-Genji (Minamoto clan), a direct descendant of the Ashikaga clan whose ancestor was MINAMOTO no Yoshikuni whose father was MINAMOTO no Yoshiie, Chinju-fu shogun (Commander-in-Chief of the Defense of the North), a branch family of the Ashikaga shogunal family and a descendant of the fourth of the Kamakura kubo Ashikaga family.
家系は清和源氏の一家系　河内源氏の棟梁　鎮守府将軍源義家の子　源義国を祖とする足利氏の嫡流足利将軍家の分家　鎌倉公方足利家の四代の後胤にあたる。