Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35233810-20180423210037

According to this wikia, there are Four Royal(Noble) Families with the fall of another which give us a total of Five Royal Families. The question I wanna ask is how and why the Shiba Clan was Strip of their Influence and standing within the Soul Society. According to Wikia(not Bleach's), The Shiba Clan in Japanese History held influence and territory in the provinces of Echizen Province and Owari Province to which they were governors during the Sengoku period. However, according to wikia,

''The Shiba fell into factional dispute by the mid-15th century and were unable to make a transition to Sengoku-daimyo and lost Echizen to the Asakura in the 1470s. The feud within the Shiba clan and with other clans was one cause of the Ōnin War (1467–1477). ''

Therefore, if this is the Shiba Clan in Bleach is based off, then could this be a possible reason as to why they were striped of their influence and power and demoted to a regular noble at the time of their appearance in the series?

Lets look at the time period leading to their fall.

110 years ago, Kaien Shiba was in charge. 60 years later he was killed by Rukia Kuchiki. Then during a 30 year period, Isshin Shiba was the acting head while he was the Head of the Branch Family. Then after Isshin left, Kukkaku Shiba was in charge for 20 years. Therefore, some where between Isshin's reign and Kukkaku's reign the Clan fell. Which point in time you guys think this fell happen and do you guys think they went the same way like their real life counter-parts?

 