According to "Hankanpu" (Genealogy of the Protectors of the Shogunate), he was a Shinto priest of Oda-jinja Shrine and regarded as the founder of the Oda clan and Tsuda clan, so that he was also called Chikamasa ODA.
『藩翰譜』によると、織田神社神官で織田氏・津田氏の祖とされるため、織田親真とも呼ばれる。