The Tono Kikuchi clan is said to have been one of these cases, and the clan landed in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture by sea and reached Tono, Iwate Prefecture, and the origin remained with its family crest.
遠野菊池氏もその一族で、海路より青森県八戸に上陸し岩手県遠野に辿り着いたとされ、家紋にいわれが残っている。