Hotta Tomoie achieved distinction in the campaign against the Northern Fujiwara and was awarded estates in Hitachi Province by Minamoto no Yoritomo.

For this reason, the Oda were early and strong supporters of the Kenmu restoration of Emperor Go-Daigo and the overthrow of the Kamakura shogunate.

However, as the Southern Court gradually waned in power, the Oda clan was finally forced to pledge fealty to the Muromachi shogunate.

[2] The Satake victory was short-lived, as they were transferred to Dewa Province shortly after the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 by Tokugawa Ieyasu.

During the Sengoku period, it was expanded to include a second, third and fourth concentric enclosure, each with an elaborate maze-like system of water moats.

[2] A portion of its clay ramparts and marshy moats were restored and the site opened to the public in 2016 as the "Oda Castle Ruins History Plaza".