KODAMA Jiro Ieto (later, Ieto SHIONOYA), the second son of Ieyuki KODAMA (Arimichi name) of the third generation of the head family of the KODAMA Party, which occupied a part of the head family of the Musashi-shichito parties (seven parties of samurai in Musashi Province), was given SHIONOYA's land of Wakaizumi-sho, Oyose-go, Kodama County, Musashi Province (currently Shioya, Kodama-cho, Honjo City, Saitama Prefecture) by his father and the offspring were localized and identified themselves as KODAMA and made up the KODAMA Party as a clan.
武蔵七党の一角を占める児玉党の本宗家3代目児玉家行（有道姓）の次男、児玉二郎家遠（後の塩谷家遠）が、武蔵国児玉郡大寄郷若泉庄の塩谷（現在の埼玉県本庄市児玉町塩谷）の地を父から与えられ、子孫が土着して名乗った事から始まる児玉党を構成する氏族。