Ashina clan (Japan)
| Ashina 蘆名 | |
|---|---|
The Ashina clan mon | |
| Parent house | Miura clan |
| Founder | Miura Yoshiaki |
| Cadet branches | Sagami-Ashina Aizu-Ashina |
The Ashina clan (Japanese: 蘆名氏, Hepburn: Ashina-shi) was a Japanese clan that emerged during the Sengoku period.[1]
History
The clan claims descent from the Taira clan through the Miura clan.[1] Sometimes the kanji Kan-on characters "芦名" and "葦名" are used also. The name came from the area called Ashina in the city of Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture.[2]
There were two branches of the clan: Sagami-Ashina (相模蘆名氏) and Aizu-Ashina (会津蘆名氏). Sagami-Ashina originated when Miura Yoshitsugu's third son adopted the name Ashina. Aizu-Ashina was descended from Miura Yoshiaki's son Sawara Yoshitsuru.[2] During the Muromachi period the clan claimed the shugo of Aizu.[2] Together with the Soma clan, they suffered an effective defeat following the Kōriyama Campaign in 1588.[3] In 1589 the clan suffered a severe loss against Date Masamune at the Battle of Suriagehara, leading to the demise of the clan.[2]
In popular media
The Ashina play a prominent role in Futaroh Yamada's novel Yagyu Ninpocho where, following their defeat by Masamune, they went into hiding only to emerge years later as shinobi in service to the daimyō of Aizu. They also appear in the 2019 video game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, which takes place in a fantasy version of the Sengoku Jidai. One other appearance of the clan is in Total War: Shogun 2. They are a non playable clan that the player may interact with.
List of Head Family
- (Founder) Miura Yoshiaki (1092–1180)
- Sawara Yoshitsura, son of Yoshiaki
- Sawara Moritsura, son of Yoshitsura
- Ashina Mitsumori, son of Yoshitsura
- Ashina Yasumori, nephew of Mitsumori
- Ashina Morimune, son of Yasumori
- Ashina Morikazu (1285–1335), son of Morimune
- Ashina Naomori (1323–1391), brother of Morikazu
- Ashina Norimori (1346–1407), son of Naomori
- Ashina Morimune (1386–1434), son of Norimori
- Ashina Morihisa (1416–1444), son of Morimune
- Ashina Morinobu (1408–1451), brother of Morihisa
- Ashina Moriakira (1431–1466), son of Morinobu
- Ashina Moritaka (1448–1558), son of Moriakira
- Ashina Morishige (1482–1521), son of Moritaka
- Ashina Morikiyo (1490–1553), brother of Morishige
- Ashina Moriuji (1521–1561), son of Morikiyo
- Ashina Morioki (1547–1574), son of Moriuji
- Ashina Moritaka (1561–1584), adopted son of Morioki
- Ashina Kameomaru (1584–1586), son of Moritaka
- Ashina Yoshihiro (1575–1631), descendant of Sawara Yoshitsura’s brother.
- Ashina Moritoshi (1631–1651), son of Yoshihiro
- Ashina Sentsurumaru (1650–1653), son of Moritoshi
References
- ^ a b Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf "Ashina," Nobiliare du Japon, p. 3 PDF 7 of 80; retrieved 2013-5-4.
- ^ a b c d "蘆名氏（読み）あしなうじ日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)「蘆名氏」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ 泉田邦彦, et al (2021), pp.164-170.
Works cited
- 泉田邦彦; 今泉徹; 坂本正仁; 柴裕之; 関周一; 高橋修; 中根正人; 森木悠介 (26 March 2021). 佐々木倫郎; 千葉篤志 (eds.). 戦国佐竹氏研究の最前線 (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Yamakawa Shuppansha. ISBN 978-4-634-15181-9. NCID BC06499277, NAID 110007707970, JPNO 23512961, NDLBibID:031345101.