Asakura clan
In this Japanese name, the family name is Asakura. Asakura clan 朝倉氏 The Asakura clan mon Home province Echizen Parent house Kusakabe clan (purported) Titles Various The Asakura clan ( 朝倉氏 , Asakura-shi ) is a Japanese kin group. [1] Contents 1 History 2 Select list 3 References 4 Further reading History The clan claims descent from Prince Kusakabe (662–689), who was the son of Emperor Tenmu (631–686). [1] 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. [ citation needed ] Asakura Nobumasa (1583–1637), nephew of Asakura Yoshikage, was allied with Toyotomi Hideyoshi and with Tokugawa Ieyasu. In 1625, he was granted Kakegawa Domain (25,000 koku ) in Tōtōmi Province. In 1632, he was implicated in a plot, causing him to ...