Asaba Munenobu

...A samurai family from the Middle Ages and Early Modern Periods in Musashi and Totomi. In the Azuma Kagami, Totomi Asaba Manor Munenobu, Asaba Saburo, Kosaburo Yukimitsu, and Goro Yukinaga appear. As a powerful man in Totomi Province, Munenobu allied with Minamoto no Yoritomo, and in 1181 (Yowa 1), he was granted possession of Uchishiba Village and Tadokoro Office in the manor. In 1186 (Bun'ei 2), Asaba Saburo is seen hunting on Mt. Futamata with Totomi no Kami Minamoto no Yoshisada and his son, and is presumed to have been related to the provincial government office. In the Musashi Seven Party Genealogy, Yukimitsu and Yukinaga are listed as the sons of Asaba Saburo Yukichika, and their common names match those in the Azuma Kagami. ...

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…武蔵，遠江の中･近世の武家。《吾妻鏡》に遠江浅羽荘司宗信，浅羽三郎，同小三郎行光，五郎行長らがみえる。宗信は遠江国の有力者として源頼朝にくみし1181年(養和1)同荘内柴村および田所職の領有を認められた。浅羽三郎は86年(文治2)遠江守源義定父子と二俣山に狩りをしたことがみえ，国衙在庁関係者と推定される。《武蔵七党系図》では浅羽三郎行親の子として行光，行長があげられており《吾妻鏡》と通称が一致する。…

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