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[[Image:Oda_kamon.jpg|left|thumb|The Oda clan kamon.]]

[[Image:Oda_kamon.jpg|left|thumb|The Oda clan kamon.]]

* ''Japanese'': 織田 ''(Oda)''

* ''Japanese'': [[織田]] ''(Oda)''

The Oda of [[Owari province]] were originally retainers of the [[Shiba clan|Shiba]] [[Shugo|shûgo]] family (starting from around 1400). When the Shiba's power dwindled in the early Sengoku Period, the Oda became lords of Owari, though nominal respect was shown the Shiba lord until the 1550's. Two main rival factions of the Oda, known as the Kiyosu and Iwakura branches, contended for decades, with the Kiyosu faction, eventually led by Oda Nobunaga, becoming dominant by [[1555]]. The Oda rose rapidly with Nobunaga's drive for national hegemony but lost most of its influence following his death. The Oda's roots are obscure and while Nobunaga claimed [[Taira clan|Taira]] descent, this was and is impossible to confirm. In fact, it is unclear just how the Iwakura and Kiyosu Oda had been related.

The Oda of [[Owari province]] were originally retainers of the [[Shiba clan|Shiba]] [[Shugo|shûgo]] family (starting from around 1400). When the Shiba's power dwindled in the early Sengoku Period, the Oda became lords of Owari, though nominal respect was shown the Shiba lord until the 1550's. Two main rival factions of the Oda, known as the Kiyosu and Iwakura branches, contended for decades, with the Kiyosu faction, eventually led by Oda Nobunaga, becoming dominant by [[1555]]. The Oda rose rapidly with Nobunaga's drive for national hegemony but lost most of its influence following his death. The Oda's roots are obscure and while Nobunaga claimed [[Taira clan|Taira]] descent, this was and is impossible to confirm. In fact, it is unclear just how the Iwakura and Kiyosu Oda had been related.