Etymology and distribution of 状家.

Jouya 【状家】^{レベル3
About 50}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Fukushima-ken , Hokkaidou , Yamagata-ken . Thing . Niigata-ken Shibata-shi Tell the fact that Mr. Sasaki named the bamboo from the bamboo which became like a crotch in the Kamakura River and Shimukusawa River (formerly Takenoto) in the Kamakura period. Place name with a record in the notation of "Take Mami" in the Warring States Period. Niigata-ken Shibata-shi Takeshima Masayo is a transit point. A place name with a record since the Edo period. Tell the story that the place name was Mr. Takemata's territory. 佐々木 Sasaki reference.