Etymology and distribution of 家始.

Kashi 【家始】^{レベル2
About 40}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Kagoshima-ken , Hiroshima-ken .

① Kagoshima-ken Kimotsuki-gun Kinkou-chou Origin of the Kamikawa. In the Kamakura period the name of the place with a record in the notation "Kamikawa". The place name was also written as "Kanonogawa" and there was pronunciation of Kanokawa.

② Topography . Kagoshima-ken Akune-shi From the Kamikawa gate of the gate division system that was in the Edo period at the beginning. The gate name is from Ishinomaki Shrine and Orirogawa.

③ 上川 There is surname. Hiroshima-ken Hiroshima-shi Naka-ku Kamamachi was in the Edo period in the Hiroshima samurai of the Clan office. Tochigi-ken Oyama-shi Ikei was in the Edo period. I will tell Mie-ken Iga-shi from Ueno in the same place.