 Suwa clan

The Suwa clan (諏訪氏 "Suwa-shi"), also known as the Miwa clan (神氏 "Miwa-shi"; also read as "Jin" or "Shin") was a Japanese clan hailing from the area encompassing Lake Suwa in Shinano Province (modern-day Nagano Prefecture).Originally a family of priests who served at the Suwa Grand Shrine, by the Kamakura period it thrived as a prominent warrior clan with close ties to the shogunate.