Our clan is named after the "Shizugatake no shichi hon-yari" or the Seven Spears of Shizugatake. These seven samurai fought in the Battle of Shizugatake (1583), between Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Shibata Katsuie, on the side of the Toyotomi. Their names are as follows:
Fukushima Masanori , Hirano Nagayasu, Kasuya Takenori, Katagiri Katsumoto, Kato Kiyomasa ,Kato Yoshiaki, Wakizaka Yasuharu
