| Asakura 朝倉 | |
|---|---|
 The Asakura clan mon | |
| Home province | Echizen |
| Parent house | Kusakabe clan (purported) |
| Titles | Various |
| Final ruler | Asakura Yoshikage |
| Dissolution | 1573 |
| Ruled until | 1573, Asakura Yoshikage commits seppuku |
The Asakura clan (朝倉氏, Asakura-shi) is a Japanese kin group.[1]
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 be dispossessed and banished to Koriyama, where he died.[1]
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