Since the residence of the family head was located in the Tsuchimikado area for generations beginning in the days of ABE no Ariyo, the Abe clan began to refer to themselves as the Tsuchimikado family (named after the geographical name and this was different than the MINAMOTO no Michichika line of the Tsuchimikado family descended from Murakami-Genji (Minamoto clan)) monopolizing support of the Imperial Court and the Shogun and, up to this point, it seemed that the Abe clan enjoyed infallible power in relation to the arts of Onmyo.
さらに安倍有世以来代々の当主の屋敷が土御門にあったことから土御門家（あくまで地名から取ったもので、村上源氏の流れをくむ源通親系土御門家とは異なる）を通名とするようになり、朝廷・将軍からの支持を一手に集め、ここまではその陰陽諸道上の勢力を万全なものとしたかのように見えた。