Asakura Tapestries
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Description: The Asakura clan (朝倉) was a Japanese samurai clan. The clan claims descent from Prince Kusakabe, who was the son of Emperor Tenmu.The family was a line of daimyo which, along with the Azai clan, opposed Oda Nobunaga in the late 16th century. The Asakura were defeated by Nobunaga at the Battle of Anegawa in 1570, the family’s home castle of Ichijodani was taken in 1573. This is the kamon (family crest) of the Asakura clan, Mitsumori mokkou (三つ盛木瓜) or “three Japanese quince” Below the crest is “Asakura” in kanji.
