(1576-October 9, 1613) Japanese samurai and feudal lord of the late Sengoku and early
Edo periodThe , or , is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868 and is the premodern era. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. The period ended with the Meiji Restoration, the...
. Served as one of the
Go-BugyoThe or Five Commissioners, was an administrative organ of feudal Japan which later evolved into the Go-Tairō . It was established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi when he became kampaku in 1585....
in the late Azuchi-Momoyama Period.
Asano Yoshinaga was born at Odani, in the Asai district of
Ōmi Provinceis an old province of Japan, which today comprises Shiga Prefecture. It was one of the provinces that made up the Tōsandō circuit. It is nicknamed as The ancient capital was near Ōtsu, which was also a major castle town....
, in 1576, the eldest son of Asano Nagamasa. Nagamasa was the adopted brother of O-Ne, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's wife. His first action was at the Siege of Odawara, in 1590. In 1593, together with his father, he was granted Fuchu, in
Kai Provinceis an old province in Japan that corresponds to Yamanashi Prefecture today. It lies in central Honshū, west of Tokyo, in a landlocked mountainous region that includes Mount Fuji along its border with Shizuoka Prefecture. Another name for the province is Kōshū .During the Sengoku period, the warlord...
.
(1576-October 9, 1613) Japanese samurai and feudal lord of the late Sengoku and early
Edo periodThe , or , is a division of Japanese history running from 1603 to 1868 and is the premodern era. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. The period ended with the Meiji Restoration, the...
. Served as one of the
Go-BugyoThe or Five Commissioners, was an administrative organ of feudal Japan which later evolved into the Go-Tairō . It was established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi when he became kampaku in 1585....
in the late Azuchi-Momoyama Period.
Early Life and Career
Asano Yoshinaga was born at Odani, in the Asai district of
Ōmi Provinceis an old province of Japan, which today comprises Shiga Prefecture. It was one of the provinces that made up the Tōsandō circuit. It is nicknamed as The ancient capital was near Ōtsu, which was also a major castle town....
, in 1576, the eldest son of Asano Nagamasa. Nagamasa was the adopted brother of O-Ne, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's wife. His first action was at the Siege of Odawara, in 1590. In 1593, together with his father, he was granted Fuchu, in
Kai Provinceis an old province in Japan that corresponds to Yamanashi Prefecture today. It lies in central Honshū, west of Tokyo, in a landlocked mountainous region that includes Mount Fuji along its border with Shizuoka Prefecture. Another name for the province is Kōshū .During the Sengoku period, the warlord...
. Though the Asano family was to be sent to
Noto Provincewas an old province in the area that is today the northern part of Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan. Noto bordered on Etchū and Kaga provinces.Nanao, Ishikawa was the ancient capital and the main castle town of Noto. For much of the Sengoku Period Noto was ruled by a minor branch of the Maeda clan of...
as a result of their implication in the alleged treason of
Toyotomi Hidetsuguwas a nephew and retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi who lived during the Sengoku period of the 16th century of Japan.A practitioner of the shudo tradition, Hidetsugu had a number of wakashu...
, the good offices of
Maeda Toshiiewas one of the leading generals of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period of the 16th century extending to the Azuchi-Momoyama period. His father was Maeda Toshimasa. He was the fourth of seven brothers. His childhood name was "Inuchiyo" . His preferred weapon was a yari and he was known as...
kept them in Kai Province.
Yoshinaga achieved distinction together with his father in 1597, during the Siege of Ulsan, when they held the fortress under the command of
Kato Kiyomasa' was a Japanese daimyō of the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo period.-Origins and early career:Kiyomasa was born in Owari Province to Katō Kiyotada. Kiyotada's wife, Ito, was a cousin of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's mother. Kiyotada died while his son was still young...
. Though the Asano family was secure following its service under
Tokugawa Ieyasu
at the
Battle of SekigaharaThe , popularly known as the , was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 which cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu...
, it would be moved to Wakayama han, in
Kii Province, or Kishū , was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is today Wakayama Prefecture, as well as the southern part of Mie Prefecture. Kii bordered Ise, Izumi, Kawachi, Shima, and Yamato Provinces. The Kii Peninsula takes its name from this province....
(The family would again be moved, this time to Hiroshima han, in the early 1600s).
Yoshinaga's three-dimensional battle standard, a gold-plated basketlike object, was well-known during the Korean campaign.
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