In the Muromachi period, the Oda clan became a hikan (low-level bureaucrat) of the daimyo (feudal lord), the Shiba clan which was a Kanryo family (family in the position of the shogunal deputy) of the Muromachi bakufu and which served as Shugo (Military Governor) of Echizen and Owari Provinces and some moved to Owari.
室町時代に入り、室町幕府の管領家で越前国や尾張国の守護を務める大名斯波氏の被官になり、一部の者が尾張へ移住した。