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[[Image:Asakura_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Asakura kamon.]] | [[Image:Asakura_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Asakura kamon.]] | ||
| − | The Asakura claimed descent from the [[Kusakabe clan]], descendants of the [[Emperor Temmu]]. They settled in [[Tajima province]] during the [[Heian Period]] and took the name Asakura. Later, the family moved to [[Echizen province]] and served the [[Shiba clan]] [[Shugo]], which [[Asakura Toshikage]] usurped on the dawn of the Sengoku Period. The Asakura were powerful in the Hokuriku region until their downfall at the hands of [[Oda Nobunaga]] in [[1573]], after which surviving members became vassals of first the [[Oda clan (Owari)|Oda]], then [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]]. The Asakura are well-known in part for their [[Toshikage Jushichikajo]] (c.[[1480]]) - the house code of Asakura Toshikage. | + | The Asakura claimed descent from the [[Kusakabe clan]], descendants of the [[Emperor Temmu]]. They settled in [[Tajima province]] during the [[Heian Period]] and took the name Asakura. Later, the family moved to [[Echizen province]] and served the [[Shiba clan]] [[Shugo]], which [[Asakura Toshikage]] usurped on the dawn of the Sengoku Period. The Asakura were powerful in the [[Hokuriku]] region until their downfall at the hands of [[Oda Nobunaga]] in [[1573]], after which surviving members became vassals of first the [[Oda clan (Owari)|Oda]], then [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]]. The Asakura are well-known in part for their [[Toshikage Jushichikajo]] (c.[[1480]]) - the house code of Asakura Toshikage. |
[[Image:Asakura_fam.jpg|left|thumb|The Asakura clan.]] | [[Image:Asakura_fam.jpg|left|thumb|The Asakura clan.]] | ||
Revision as of 22:42, 9 August 2007
The Asakura claimed descent from the Kusakabe clan, descendants of the Emperor Temmu. They settled in Tajima province during the Heian Period and took the name Asakura. Later, the family moved to Echizen province and served the Shiba clan Shugo, which Asakura Toshikage usurped on the dawn of the Sengoku Period. The Asakura were powerful in the Hokuriku region until their downfall at the hands of Oda Nobunaga in 1573, after which surviving members became vassals of first the Oda, then Toyotomi. The Asakura are well-known in part for their Toshikage Jushichikajo (c.1480) - the house code of Asakura Toshikage.
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References
- Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
