Lake Suwa
The , also known as the Jin or Miwa clan (神氏, "Miwa uji / Miwa-shi" or "Jinshi") 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 Upper Shrine of Suwa located on the southwestern side of the lake, by the Kamakura period it thrived as a prominent warrior clan with close ties to the shogunate.