| Asano 浅野 | |
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| Parent house |  Minamoto clan Toki clan Ashikaga clanHatakeyama clan |
| Titles | Various |
| Founder | Asano Mitsutoki (浅野光時) |
| Final ruler | Asano Nagayuki (浅野長勲) |
| Current head | Asano Nagataka (浅野長孝) |
| Founding year | 1221 |
| Ruled until | 1868 |
TheAsano clan (淺野氏,Asano-shi) was aJapanese samurai clan that descended from theMinamoto clan, and theEmperor Seiwa (850-881), the 56th Emperor of Japan. The Main Lineage (sōke, 宗家) were Lords (daimyō) of theHiroshima Domain inAki Province and another famous branch family were Lords of theAkō Domain inHarima Province associated with the story of theForty-seven rōnin. Their inherited character is "長". The family came to prominence when the sister ofAsano Nagamasa marriedToyotomi Hideyoshi.[1]
After theMeiji Restoration and theabolition of thehan system, the Asano clan became part of thenew nobility.[2]
The Asano clan are a branch theToki clan (土岐氏) who descend fromMinamoto no Yorimitsu (源頼光) of theSeiwa Genji (清和源氏). The Toki clan's main residence was in theToki District (土岐郡) ofMino Province from which they took their name.
Minamoto no Mitsuhira (源光衡) was the third son of Minamoto no Mitsunaga (源光長) who was killed in battle during theGenpei War. His uncle Minamoto no Mitsumoto (源光基) adopted him and he founded the Toki clan becoming Toki Mitsuhira (土岐光衡). His first son Toki Mitsuyuki (土岐光行) continued the clan but his second son Toki Mitsutoki (土岐光時) took the name Asano and became founder of the Asano clan. He resided at Asano, Toki district (Mino province) and took the name of the place.
Seiwa-tennō (清和天皇, 850–878) ┃Sadazumi-shinnō (貞純親王, 873–916) ┃Minamoto no Tsunemoto (源經基, 894–961) ┃Minamoto no Mitsunaka (源満仲, 912?–997) ┃Minamoto no Yorimitsu (源頼光, 948–1021) ┃Minamoto no Yorikuni (源頼国, ?–1058?) ┃Minamoto no Kunifusa (源国房, ?–1119) ┃Minamoto no Mitsukuni (源光国, 1063–1148) ┃Minamoto no Mitsunobu (源光信, 1093?–1145) ┃Minamoto no Mitsunaga (源光長, ?–1184) ┃Toki Mitsuhira (土岐光衡, 1159–1206) ┃Asano Mitsutoki (浅野光時, ?–?)
He was the son of Yasui Shigetsugu, Lord of Miyago castle (Owari province), a descendant ofHatakeyama Iekuni,Shugo (Governor) of Kawachi province, descending fromAshikaga Yoshikane (1154-1199) of theSeiwa-Genji. Yoshikane was the third son ofMinamoto no Yoshiyasu, also called Ashikaga Yoshiyasu (1127-1157), founder of theAshikaga clan, grandson of theChinjufu-shōgun (Commander-in-chief of the defense of the North)Minamoto no Yoshiie (1039-1106), and a descendant of theEmperor Seiwa (850-881), the 56th Emperor of Japan.
Nagamasa was adopted by his maternal uncle, Asano Nagakatsu, Lord of Asano castle, younger brother of his mother, and succeeded him as the fourteenth head of the Asano clan.
Until Nagakatsu, the Asano descended directly fromMinamoto no Yorimitsu (948-1021) and theToki clan, and after Nagamasa, the Asano are direct descendants of theHatakeyama clan and theAshikaga clan.
The Asano clan of theSengoku period led by Sōju Asano, and his daughter Sara from the anime ofInuyasha.
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