(For more information, refer to the section "Shiba clan.) He had an elder brother, Ienaga SHIBA, a younger brother, Yoshimasa SHIBA, who was kanrei, and an uncle, Iekane SHIBA, who became the founder of the Oshu Shiba clan.
(詳細は斯波氏の項を見よ)兄には斯波家長、弟に管領　斯波義将、叔父には奥州斯波氏の祖となる斯波家兼らがいる。