It is said that the Takabatake clan was an influential samurai in the Takabatake no sho in the basin of Katsura-gawa River (Yodo-gawa River system) and was engaged in the business of doso (storehouse money broker) and transportation by water.
高畠氏は桂川(淀川水系)流域の高畠荘の有力武士であるとともに土倉や水運関係の仕事などを営んでいたと言われている。