According to Tsuchida family records, the hereditary post dates back to 1219, when they served as attendant to Shogun FUJIWARA no Yoritsune on his travel from Kyoto eastward.
土田家の由緒書によれば、世襲の由来は承久元年、将軍藤原頼経東下向のとき、京都から扈従してまかり下るのにはじまるという。