Asakura clan
| Asakura 朝倉 | |
|---|---|
 The Asakura clan mon | |
| Home province | Echizen |
| Parent house | Kusakabe clan (purported) |
| Titles | Various |
| Final ruler | Asakura Yoshikage |
| Dissolution | 1573 |
| Ruled until | 1573, Asakura Yoshikage commits seppuku |
The Asakura clan (朝倉氏, Asakura-shi) is a Japanese kin group.[1]
History
The clan claims descent from Prince Kusakabe (662–689), who was the son of Emperor Tenmu (631–686).[1]
The family was a line of daimyō (feudal lords) who, along with the Azai clan, opposed Oda Nobunaga in the late 16th century.
Nobunaga defeated the Asakura at the Battle of Anegawa in 1570; the family's home castle of Ichijōdani was taken in 1573.[citation needed]
Koriyama, where he died.[1]
Clan Heads
- Asakura Toshikage (1428–1481)
- Asakura Ujikage (1449-1486)
- Asakura Sadakage (1473–1512)
- Asakura Takakage (1493–1546)
- Asakura Yoshikage (1533–1573)[1]
Retainer
- Asakura Norikage (1477–1555)
- Asakura Kageaki (1529-1574)
- Asakura Kagetake (1536–1575)
- Asakura Kagetsura (d.1570)
- Asakura Nobumasa (1583-1637)
- Maeba Yoshitsugu
References
- ^ a b c d Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Asakura", Nobiliare du Japon, p. 3 [PDF 7 of 80]; retrieved 2013-5-4.
Further reading
- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
- Turnbull, Stephen (2002). 'War in Japan: 1467-1615'. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
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