The family was closely connected with the Kamo clan based at the upper-reaches of the Kamo-gawa River in Atago County in Yamashiro Province (present-day Sakyo Ward and Kita Ward, Kyoto City).
山背国愛宕郡（現在の京都市左京区、北区(京都市)）の鴨川上流域を本拠地とした賀茂氏と関係が深かったとされる。