[Genealogical verification regarding Seishu Hanaoka, based on Yanagawa family archives].

The authors are the heads of the 11th and 12th generations of the Yanagawa Family in Kuroe, Kainan city, Wakayama prefecture. According to the books about Seishu Hanaoka ([Chinese characters: see text]) written by Shuzo Kure ([Chinese characters: see text]) and Keizo Mori ([Chinese characters: see text]). Seishu Hanaoka's youngest sister married into the Yanagawa Family. The authors uncovered the following information in the Yanagawa Family archives. (1) It is not true that the youngest sister of Seishu Hanaoka. 4th daughter of Zuiken Hanaoka II ([Chinese characters: see text]), married into the Yanagawa Family. (2) Moto ([Chinese characters: see text]) of the Kawabata Family in Kuroe, daughter of Oei ([Chinese characters: see text]), who was the third daughter of Seishu Hanaoka, married Heibe Yanagawa VI ([Chinese characters: see text]). (3) Kusuno ([Chinese characters: see text]), the adopted daughter of Zuiken Hanaoka V, married Heibe Yanagawa VII.