Kanesuke, a son of TAIRA no Hidemoto who was Daigen (inspector at the third highest rank of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo period) in Dazai-fu (local government office in Kyushu region) and who had a family lineage in the Taira family, was conferred Jugoinoge (Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade), governed a land in Kanzaki, Hizen Province, and called himself Kanzaki; his son Kaneshige occupied Takae-go, Satsuma County, and Akunein, both of which he held a position of inshi (official of the In no cho, or Retired Emperor's Office).
平家の流れをくむ大宰大監平秀基の子の兼輔は、従五位下に任じ肥前国神崎の庄を領し、神崎氏を名のり、その子の兼重は薩摩郡高江郷と莫祢院を併領し、両院の院司職を兼ねる。