Nagano

The Nagano Kudō were local lords who dominated central Ise Province from the Kamakura period. Originally called Kudō, they took the Nagano name from their lands. During the Nanboku-chō wars they joined the Northern Court against the Kitabatake, the Southern Court governors advancing into Ise.

In 1429 the clan head Mitsufuji fought for the shogunate at Iwatagawa, where Kitabatake Mitsumasa was killed, and the clan received Ichishi District. In the Ōnin War of 1467 the Nagano served in the western army. Squeezed between the Kitabatake and the Rokkaku of Ōmi, the head Fujisada submitted to Kitabatake Tomonori in 1558 and adopted his second son Tomofusa as heir.

Oda Nobunaga later forced the family to adopt his brother Nobukane. After Nagano men helped murder Tomonori in the Mise Incident of 1576, Nobukane reverted to the Oda name, ending Nagano rule. Toyotomi Hideyoshi dispossessed him in 1594 and the clan scattered.