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History

The clan claims descent from Prince Kusakabe (662–689), who was the son of Emperor Tenmu (631–686). The family was a line of ''daimyō'' (feudal lords) which, along with the Azai clan, opposed Oda Nobunaga in the late 16th century. The Asakura were defeated by Nobunaga at the

Battle of Anegawa The Sengoku period (30 July 1570) occurred near Lake Biwa in Ōmi Province, Japan, between the allied forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, against the combined forces of the Azai and Asakura clans._It_is_notable_as_the_first_battle ...

in 1570; the family's home castle of Ichijōdani was taken in 1573. Asakura Nobumasa (1583–1637), nephew of

Asakura Yoshikage was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Sengoku period (1467–1603) who ruled a part of Echizen Province in present-day Fukui Prefecture. He was a regent of Ashikaga Shogunate. Yoshikage's conflicts with Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) resulted in his deat ...

, was allied with

Toyotomi Hideyoshi , otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Cour ...

and with

Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow ...

. In 1625, he was granted

Kakegawa Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. The domain was centered at Kakegawa Castle in Tōtōmi Province, in what is now the city of Kakegawa, Shizuoka.

(25,000 ''

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'') in

Tōtōmi Province was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today western Shizuoka Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Tōtōmi''" in . Tōtōmi bordered on Mikawa, Suruga and Shinano Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was . The or ...

. In 1632, he was implicated in a plot, causing him to be dispossessed and banished to Koriyama, where he died.

Clan Heads

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(1428–1481) *

Asakura Ujikage was the 8th head of the Asakura clan The is a Japanese kin group. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003).html" ;"title="DF 7 of 80">"Asakura", ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 3 ...

(1449-1486) *

Asakura Sadakage was the son of Asakura Ujikage and proclaimed 9th head of Asakura during the early Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to prehistoric times around 30,000 BC. The Jōmon ...

(1473–1512) *

Asakura Takakage Asakura (written: 朝倉, 浅倉, 麻倉) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Real People *Asakura clan,_famous_Japanese_clan_during_Sengoku_period.html" ;"title="DF 7 of 80/nowiki>">DF 7 of 80">"Asa ..., famous Japanese ...

(1493–1546) *

(1533–1573)

Retainer

Asakura Norikage , also known as Asakura Sōteki (朝倉宗滴), was a Japanese samurai warrior of the latter Sengoku Period. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Asakura Norikage"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 50. from Asakura clan The is a Japanese kin group. Pa ...

(1477–1555) *

Asakura Kageaki , also known as Asakura Kageakira, was a Japanese samurai warrior of the later Sengoku period. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Asakura Kageaki"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 50. In 1573, after Asakura Yoshikage was defeated by Oda Nobunaga ...

(1529-1574) *

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(1536–1575) *

Asakura Kagetsura was a senior retainer of the Asakura clan The is a Japanese kin group. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003).html" ;"title="DF 7 of 80">"Asakura", ''Nobiliare du Japon' ...

(d.1570) * Asakura Nobumasa (1583-1637)

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