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The Shiba clan (斯波氏, Shiba-shi^?) was a clan long reputed as being descended from the Seiwa Genji branch of the Minamoto clan. The were the most successful and powerful of the many branch families of the Japanese Minamoto clan was one of the honorary surnames bestowed by the Emperors of Japan of the Heian Period ( 794 – 1185 AD on those of their sons and grandsons who were not Rising to prominence during the Sengoku period of the 15th century, the Shiba clan used their evidential tie with the Minamoto clan in order to obtain the position of shugo within the provinces of Echizen and Owari. was a title commonly translated as "Governor" given to certain officials in feudal Japan. was an old province of Japan, which is today the northern part of Fukui prefecture. was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of present day Aichi Prefecture. Not being able to strengthen their family to the extent that they could firmly hold Echizen and Owari, the Ashikaga clan, seeing such an easy opportunity for expansion, took control over Echizen in the 1470s without any retaliation. The was a prominent Japanese Samurai clan which established the Muromachi shogunate and ruled Japan from roughly 1336 to 1573 Entering the 16th century in a clear state of ineptitude in governorship, the Shiba clan was not able to control the individual ambitions present within both the Kiyosu branch of Oda clan nor that of the alternate Iwakura branch. The was a family of Japanese Daimyo who were to become an important political force in the unification of Japan in the mid-16th century As a result, the present clan head, Shiba Yoshimune, lost his standing very quickly with the constant retaliation on both sides and his life by the hands of Oda Nobutomo–Iwakura's head–through a secret plot with the Kiyosu branch. was the final head of the Shiba clan and governor of Owari Province during the latter half of the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan. was a warlord of the Japanese province of Owari following the Sengoku period of the 16th century With Yoshimune's death, the Shiba clan were completely destroyed as Oda Nobunaga used their power to destroy the opposition present within Owari Province. ( June 23, 1534 &ndash June 21, 1582) was a major Daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history

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Shiba clan - SamuraiWiki. The Samurai Archives. Accessed December 5, 2007.

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