- Asano Yoshinaga
nihongo|Asano Yoshinaga|浅野幸長| (
1576 -October 9 ,1613 ) Japanese samurai and feudal lord of the late Sengoku and earlyEdo period . Served as one of theGo-Bugyo in the late Azuchi-Momoyama Period.Early Life and Career
Asano Yoshinaga was born at Odani, in the Asai district of
Ōmi Province , 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, inKai Province . Though the Asano family was to be sent toNoto Province as a result of their implication in the alleged treason ofToyotomi Hidetsugu , the good offices ofMaeda Toshiie 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 . Though the Asano family was secure following its service underTokugawa Ieyasu at theBattle of Sekigahara , it would be moved toWakayama han , inKii Province (The family would again be moved, this time toHiroshima han , in the early 1600s).Yoshinaga's three-dimensional battle standard, a gold-plated basketlike object, was well-known during the Korean campaign.
References
*Berry, Mary Elizabeth. "Hideyoshi". Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982.
*Turnbull, Stephen. "The Samurai Sourcebook". Sterling: New Edition, 2000.
*Turnbull, Stephen. "Samurai Invasion". London: Cassell & Co., 2002.External links
* [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/kinki/wakayama.html Genealogy of the lords of Wakayama, including the Asano]
* [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/chugoku/hirosima.html#Anchor206010 Genealogy of the Asano after their move to Hiroshima]
* [http://homepage1.nifty.com/SEISYO/busyo1.htm Biographies of various Azuchi-Momoyama generals, including Asano Yoshinaga]
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