page_title: Asano clan
section_title: Kishū Domain (紀州藩), Kii (376,000 koku)
hierarchical_section_title: Asano clan / Branches / Kishū Domain (紀州藩), Kii (376,000 koku)
caption_attribution_description: 浅野幸長 Asano Yoshinaga.
context_page_description: The Asano clan was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan. The Main Lineage were Lords of the Hiroshima Domain in Aki Province and another famous branch family were Lords of the Akō Domain in Harima Province associated with the story of the Forty-seven rōnin. Their inherited character is "長". The family came to prominence when the sister of Asano Nagamasa married Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
  After the Meiji Restoration and the abolition of the han system, the Asano clan became part of the new nobility.
context_section_description: Asano Yoshinaga (浅野幸長, 1576–1613) - 1st son of Asano Nagamasa.
  Asano Nagaakira (浅野長晟, 1586–1632) - 2nd son of Asano Nagamasa, transferred to Hiroshima Domain.
caption: Asano Yoshinaga (1576–1613), 1st son of Asano Nagamasa
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