Asakura clan

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The Asakura clan (朝倉氏, Asakura-shi^?) are descendants of Prince Kusakabe (662-689), son of Emperor Temmu (631-686).

The family was a line of daimyō (feudal lords) which, along with the Azai clan, opposed Oda Nobunaga in the late 16th century. They were defeated by Nobunaga at the battle of Anegawa in 1570, and all but eliminated when their home castle of Ichijōdani was taken three years later.

[edit] Asakura of Note

• Asakura Toshikage (1428-1481)
• Asakura Norikage (1474-1552)
• Asakura Takakage (1493-1546)
• Asakura Yoshikage (1533-1573)
• Asakura Kagetake (1536-1575)

[edit] References

• Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
• Turnbull, Stephen (2002). 'War in Japan: 1467-1615'. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.