Believing descriptions in "Shinsen Shojiroku" (Newly Compiled Register of Clan Names and Titles of Nobility), he was a descendant of Izumoshikoomi no mikoto who was a great-grandson of Nigihayahi no Mikoto.
『新撰姓氏録』の記事を信じるならば、饒速日命の三世孫にあたる出雲醜大使主命の末裔とされるが、