Sasō was born in Kanazawa Domain (present day Kanazawa, Ishikawa as the 4th son of Horio Jirobei, a samurai in the service of the Maeda clan, and was adopted at an early age by the Sasō family.
The main Hongo campus occupies the former estate of the Maeda family, Edo period feudal lords of Kaga Province.
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