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[[Image:Asakura_fam.jpg|left|thumb|The Asakura clan.]]

[[Image:Asakura_fam.jpg|left|thumb|The Asakura clan.]]

In the [[Muromachi period]], the Asakura were one of a number of families which were particularly involved in the trend of collecting ''[[karamono]]'' (ceramics and other Chinese objects) and patronizing [[tea ceremony|tea masters]]. The Asakura sponsored the production of copies of [[Soami|Sôami's]] "Manual" to the [[Ashikaga shogunate|shogunal]] collections, and much Chinese ceramics have been found in archaeological excavations at [[Ichijodani|Ichijôdani]], the site of the Asakura mansion.<ref>Morgan Pitelka, ''Spectacular Accumulation'', University of Hawaii Press (2016), 24.</ref>

In the [[Muromachi period]], the Asakura were one of a number of families which were particularly involved in the trend of collecting ''[[karamono]]'' (ceramics and other Chinese objects) and patronizing [[tea ceremony|tea masters]]. The Asakura sponsored the production of copies of [[Soami|Sôami's]] "Manual" to the [[Ashikaga shogunate|shogunal]] collections, and much Chinese ceramics have been found in archaeological excavations at the site of the Asakura mansion at [[Ichijodani castle|Ichijôdani]].<ref>Morgan Pitelka, ''Spectacular Accumulation'', University of Hawaii Press (2016), 24.</ref>

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