Etymology and distribution of 茅川.

Kayakawa 【茅川】^{レベル2
About 10}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Fukui-ken , Chiba-ken . A variant of Nishikori (Nishikori). Fukui-ken Fukui-shi I tell him that he changed his name from Nishikuri surname to disguise that he is a falling guy of Heike in Muroto Town. Estimated in the Kamakura period. Old pronunciation is nisori. 錦織 Nishikoori reference. 平 Taira reference.