Suwa

The Suwa were lords of Suwa district in Shinano and hereditary high priests of the upper shrine of Suwa. In 1335 Suwa Yorishige and his son supported Hōjō Tokiyuki's rebellion and died after its defeat; their house was subsequently rebuilt.

Another Suwa Yorishige inherited the family in 1539 but surrendered to Takeda Harunobu in 1542 and took his own life. After the fall of the Takeda, Suwa Yoritada recovered the ancestral lands. In the Edo period a Suwa branch ruled the Takashima domain, while a separate line retained the shrine office.