The Kurahashi family was a "Tosho-ke" (the hereditary lineage of Court nobles occupying relatively high ranks) of a branch family of Tsuchimikado of the Abe clan and its social standing was hange, kuge of lower rank.
倉橋家（くらはしけ）は、阿倍氏土御門庶流の堂上家、家格は、半家(公家)。