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Japanese: あそみ

…The meaning of the word Ason is a compound word of Aso (my elder brother), an old form of Ase (my brother), which expresses respect, and Omi (retainer), which indicates a vassal of the Imperial Court, and is said to be an adaptation of the Chinese word Ason. In the past, it was read as Asomi and was also written as Asomi. [Saeki Ariyoshi]…

From "Eight Colored Surnames"

…It is also called Tenmu's new surname. In the October entry of the 13th year of Tenmu's reign in the Nihon Shoki, it is written that "the clan names of the various clans were changed to create eight different surnames, and all the surnames in the world were mixed together," and eight types were listed: Mahito, Ason, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, and Inagi. The first type, Mahito, was given mainly to close relatives of the emperors after Emperor Keitai, who had previously been given the surname Kimi. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "play" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…朝臣の語義は，アセ(吾兄)の古形で敬愛の意をあらわすアソ(吾兄)という呼称と，朝廷の臣下であることを示すオミ(臣)との複合語で，漢語の〈朝臣〉をあてはめたものといわれている。古くは〈あそみ〉とよみ阿曾美とも表記された。【佐伯有清】。…

【八色の姓】より

…天武の新姓ともいう。《日本書紀》天武13年10月条に〈諸氏の族姓（かばね）を改めて，八色の姓を作りて，天下の万姓を混（まろか）す〉とあり，真人（まひと），朝臣（あそん∥あそみ），宿禰（すくね），忌寸（いみき），道師（みちのし），臣（おみ），連（むらじ），稲置（いなぎ）の8種類があげられている。第1の真人は，主として継体天皇以降の天皇の近親で，従来，公(君)（きみ）の姓を称していたものに授けられた。…

※「あそみ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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