According to the head of the family, although he was nominated for a barony by the government after the Meiji Restoration, the family was so destitute that they could not afford the processing fee for the peerage and he also mentioned that he was proud of ancestors for not having been arrogant about their power.
当主によると明治維新後、男爵位を政府から薦められたものの手続き費も儘ならないほど窮迫していたようで、ご先祖が権力に驕ることの無かった事に誇りを持っているとおっしゃっていた。