In addition, 'Oda Danjonojo family' which Nobunaga came from was the Oda Yamato no Kami family who was assigned to the Shugodai (deputy of Shugo, provincial constable) of the south four counties (Kaito, Kaisei, Aichi and Chita Counties) by the Shiba clan who was shugo daimyo (shugo, which were Japanese provincial military governors, that became daimyo, which were Japanese feudal lords) in the Owari Province, that is, the branch family of Kiyosu Oda family and the lord of Furuwatari-jo Castle as same as its senior vassal, i.e., one of the three magistrates of Kiyosu.
なお、信長の生まれた「織田弾正忠家」は、尾張国の守護大名・斯波氏の被官、下四郡（海東郡・海西郡・愛知郡・知多郡）の守護代に補任された織田大和守家、即ち清洲織田家の分家にして同家重臣たる清洲三奉行・古渡城主の家柄であった。