Soshin SHINO, the first-generation head of the family, was a trusted vassal who devoted himself to the Ashikaga shogun family, through the sixth shogun, Yoshinori ASHIKAGA to the eighth, Yoshiie ASHIKAGA.
初代志野宗信は足利将軍家の6代足利義教から8代足利義政まで仕えた近臣であった。