In some records of the administrations, the name of the Shin clan is found as well as the Kogamo clan, Nanjo clan, Murakami clan of Hoki Province and so on which were powerful clans in Hoki Province in those days, therefore, the Shin clan is considered to have been one of such influential clans in West Hoki.
このほか中央の文献には当時、伯耆国内で有力であった小鴨氏、南条氏、村上氏_(伯耆国)などと並んで進氏の名が記されており、西伯耆の有力者であったことがうかがい知れる。