Tsuchida Family served this hereditary post from the time of FUJIWARA no Yoritsune, the 4th Shogun of the Kamakura bakufu, and had been in service also of the Ashikaga Shogun family, Nobunaga ODA and Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI.
土田家が、世襲で、鎌倉幕府4代将軍の藤原頼経の頃から将軍に仕え、足利将軍家、織田信長、豊臣秀吉にも、仕えていた。