Shiba clan

The Shiba clan (斯波氏, Shiba-shi) was a Japanese clan claiming descent from the Minamoto clan of the Heian period that held influence and territory in the provinces of Echizen Province and Owari Province to which they were governors during the Sengoku period. However, they were unable to make a transition to Sengoku-daimyo and lost Echizen to the Asakura in the 1470s at the beginning of the era for this reason. The lost -> succession process was enacted by Asakura Toshikage, who took their power via usurpation. By the year 1550 the Shiba were represented by Shiba Yoshimune of Owari province, a figurehead behind which the Iwakura branch of the Oda clan had ruled. His domain was Kiyosu Castle. When Yoshimune was killed in the year 1554 by Oda Nobutomo the clan effectively came to an end.