The founder of Yoshida family, Kanehiro YOSHIDA handed over his home premises in Muromachi to Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA, and he changed his family name to Yoshida, because he was a Shinto priest of Yoshida-jinja Shrine.
吉田家の祖吉田兼煕は、室町にある自宅の敷地を足利義満に譲り、吉田神社の祠官であることに因み、家名を吉田とする。