from its local situation , the takabatake clan was connected with court nobles and buddhism temples and shinto shrines and , in particular , with ishiyama hongan-ji temple located in the downstream of katsura-gawa river and yodo-gawa river . 高畠氏はその地域性から公家や寺社勢力とも繋がりを持ち、特に桂川から淀川を経た下流にあたる石山本願寺と密接な関係をもっていた。
in the beginning , they were generally sent from ryoke , but some time later , kaihatsu-ryoshu (local notables who actually developed the land ) who were well-informed about the local situation began to be appointed , thus it was handed down to posterity along with kyuden meaning incomes from land taxes on shoryo (territory ). 本来は領家より派遣されるのが一般的であったが、後には現地の事情に通じた開発領主が任命され、給田と呼ばれる所領給与とともに子孫に継承されていった。