Suwa clan

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The Suwa kamon.

The origins of the Suwa of Shinano province are not entirely clear, but one theory holds that they were descended from Minamoto Tsunetomo (894-961). They were defeated by Takeda Shingen in the middle of the 16th Century and were afterwards Takeda vassals.