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[[Image:Ashina_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Ashina kamon.]] | [[Image:Ashina_mon.jpg|left|thumb|The Ashina kamon.]] | ||
| − | The Ashina claimed descent to the [[Taira clan|Taira]] through the [[Muira clan|Miura]]. Sawara (Muira) Yoshitsuru governed the Aizu area of [[Mutsu province|Mutsu]] in the early 12th Century and his grandson took the name Ashina. [[Ashina Naonori]] built a mansion at Wakamatsu in [[1333]] that would form the basis for the later [[Kurokawa castle]] ([[1384]]), which served as the Ashina's home until their defeat at the hands of [[Date Masamune]] in [[1589]]. | + | The Ashina claimed descent to the [[Taira clan|Taira]] through the [[Muira clan|Miura]]. Sawara (Muira) Yoshitsuru governed the Aizu area of [[Mutsu province|Mutsu]] in the early 12th Century and his grandson took the name Ashina. [[Ashina Naonori]] built a mansion at Wakamatsu in [[1333]] that would form the basis for the later [[Aizu-Wakamatsu castle|Kurokawa castle]] ([[1384]]), which served as the Ashina's home until their defeat at the hands of [[Date Masamune]] in [[1589]]. |
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Latest revision as of 18:17, 27 November 2009
The Ashina claimed descent to the Taira through the Miura. Sawara (Muira) Yoshitsuru governed the Aizu area of Mutsu in the early 12th Century and his grandson took the name Ashina. Ashina Naonori built a mansion at Wakamatsu in 1333 that would form the basis for the later Kurokawa castle (1384), which served as the Ashina's home until their defeat at the hands of Date Masamune in 1589.
References
- Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
