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3 unusual facts about Asano clan


Asano clan

Asano Yoshinaga (1576-1613), also known as Yoshinaga; son of Nagamasa.

Asano Nagaakira (1586-1632), brother of Yukinaga, first Asano lord of Hiroshima.

The Asano name is perhaps most well known as a result of the story of the Forty-seven Ronin, whose lord was Asano Naganori, the head of a branch of the family enfeoffed at Ako (Harima Province, 53,000 koku).



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