Nanao Castle and fell from power as an independent house in the 1570s due to internal strife. Asano branch Asano Nagamasa (1546-1611) was the son of Yasui Shigetsugu, Lord of Miyago castle (Owari province), a descendant of Hatakeyama Iekuni, Shugo (Governor) of Kawachi province, descending from Ashikaga Yoshikane (1154-1199) of the Seiwa-Genji. Yoshikane was the third son of Minamoto no Yoshiyasu, also called Ashikaga Yoshiyasu (1127-1157), founder of the Ashikaga clan, grandson of the Chinjufu-shōgun (Commander-in-chief of the defense of the North) Minamoto no Yoshiie (1039-1106), and a descendant of the Emperor Seiwa (850-881), the 56th Emperor of Japan.. Nagamasa was adopted by his maternal uncle, Asano Nagakatsu, Lord of Asano castle, younger brother of his mother, and succeeded him as the fourteenth head of the Asano clan. Until Nagakatsu, the Asano descended directly from the Toki clan and Minamoto no Yorimitsu (948-1021), and after Nagamasa, the Asano are direct descendants of the Hatakeyama clan and the Ashikaga clan. Selected clan members of note Hatakeyama Shigeyoshi - Son of Chichibu Shigehiro. The Founder of Hatakeyama clan. Hatakeyama Shigetada (1165–1205) - A samurai who fought for the Minamoto during the Genpei War. Hatakeyama Shigeyasu (d. 1205)- Son of Shigetada. Last of the first line of Hatakeyama. Hatakeyama Yoshizumi – (1175-1210) Son of Ashikaga Yoshikane. First of the second line of Hatakeyama. Hatakeyama Mochikuni – became Kanrei in 1398 Hatakeyama Yoshinari – rival with Masanaga for Kanrei in 1467 Hatakeyama Masanaga – rival with Yoshinori for Kanrei in 1467 Hatakeyama Takamasa (d. 1576) - Head of the Kawachi-Hatakeyama branch Hatakeyama Yoshitsugu (1552–1585) - Mutsu-Hatakeyama branch Clan castles Nihonmatsu Castle (Mutsu province, a residence of the Nihonmatsu-Hatakeyama branch) Takaya Castle (Kawachi province) Noto Hatakeyama clan Selected clan members of note Hatakeyama Yoshifusa (1491-1545) - A daimyō of Noto province and became head of the Noto-Hatakeyama branch in 1514 Hatakeyama Yoshitaka (d. 1576) - The 11th head of the Hatakeyama of Noto Province. Known retainers of the Noto Hatakeyama clan Yasumi Naomasa (? - 1572) Chō Tsugutsura Chō Tsunatatsu Yusa Tsugumitsu Nukui Kagetaka Miyake Nagamori Igawa Mitsunobu Clan Castles Nanao Castle (Noto province) Anamizu Castle : Chō clan Tendō Castle : Nukui clan See also Siege of Nanao Battle of Hitotoribashi Japanese clans References Sources Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan 1334–1615. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. Taira clan Ashikaga clan Japanese clans