His family lineage was the Shiba clan, which was a family of the Ashikaga clan that originated from MINAMOTO no Yoshikuni, a son of MINAMOTO no Yoshiie who was the head of the Kawachi-Genji-- one of the families of Seiwa-Genji (Minamoto clan originated from Emperor Seiwa)--and Chinju-fu shogun (Commander-in-Chief of the Defense of the North).
家系は清和源氏の一家系　河内源氏の棟梁　鎮守府将軍源義家の子　源義国を祖とする足利氏の一門　斯波氏。