In the late Heian period, he settled in Koiwasuji Yonekura, Yatsushiro district, Kai Province and called himself 'Yonekura'.

According to "Koyo Gunkan" (record of the military exploits of the Takeda family), Yonekura Shigetsugu was the 'Ashigaru Taisho' (General of the Foot Soldiers), and he died at the Battle of Nagashino in 1575.

In the same year, when the Tenshojingo War broke out, he was recruited by Tokugawa Ieyasu, and played an active role in the battle against the Hojo clan.

Yonekura Masatada (米倉昌尹) (1637–1699) was favored by Shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, and rose rapidly through the ranks until he reached the post of Wakadoshiyori in 1696.

The additional revenues provided by this office qualified him to join ranks of the Daimyō, and he became the first lord of Kanazawa Domain in Musashi Province.