His family line was the Hatayama clan, a branch family of the Ashikaga clan, which had lineage of the Kawachi-Genji (Minamoto clan), a branch of the Seiwa-Genji (Minamoto clan).
家系は清和源氏の一流　河内源氏の流れを汲む足利氏の庶家　畠山氏。