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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 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 fello ...
. 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 ''
koku'') 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)
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Asakura Ujikage (1449-1486)
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Asakura Sadakage (1473–1512)
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Real People
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(1493–1546)
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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 ...
(1533–1573)
Retainer
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Asakura Norikage (1477–1555)
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Asakura Kageaki (1529-1574)
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Asakura Kagetake (1536–1575)
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Asakura Kagetsura (d.1570)
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Asakura Nobumasa (1583-1637)
References
Further reading
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Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
*Turnbull, Stephen (2002). 'War in Japan: 1467-1615'. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
Japanese clans
People from Fukui Prefecture
Imperial House of Japan
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