The Japanese Ashina clan, are the descendants of the ancient Turks from Central Asia.
The Ashina (jap. 名氏 名氏, Ashina-shi) were a family of the Japanese sword (Buke), which derived from the Taira over the Miura. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the Ashina dominated large parts of the province of Mutsu.
Genealogy
Sawara Yoshitsuru, the last son of the Miura Yoshiaki, received the domain Aizu. His grandson Norimori called himself Ashina.
Morimasa (政 政; 1386-1432), Norimori's son, joined the Uesugi clan in 1416, when he went into a war against Ashikaga Mochiuji (利 持 氏 氏, 1398-1439). Morimasa resided at the castle Kurokawa, today's castle Aizu-Wakamatsu.
Morihisa (久 久; † 1444) was Shuri-tayū [A 1] and Shimousa no kami.
Morinori (詮 詮; 1431-1466) was Shimousa no kami.
Moritaka (高 高; † 1517) married 1473 a daughter of Date Ujimune. 1478 began tensions between him and his son. After all, there were martial conflicts between the two, which lasted until 1506.
Morikiyo (舜 舜, 1490-1533), Tōtōmi no kami, followed his brother Moritaka, whose son had died. In 1547 he attempted to conquer the domains of the Sōma together with Date Harumune (晴 宗 宗; 1519-1578), but was defeated.
Moriuji (氏 氏; 1521-1580), Shuri-tayū, was constantly at war with Satake Yoshishige (竹 義 重 重; 1547-1612), Hōjō Ujiyasu (条 氏 康 康; 1515-1571) and other princes.
Moritaka (盛隆; 1560-1583) sent gifts to MomozonoKaiser Momozono and Oda Nobunaga, and was appointed to Tōtōmi no kami in 1579.
Morishige (重 重) was a son of Satake Yoshishige (竹 義 重 重; 1547-1612), who succeeded Moritaka at the age of 12, as he died childless. Many vassals of satake followed the young successor into his new domain. This annoyed the vassals at the place, which then part of Date Masamune joined. He waited only for an opportunity to invade the neighboring territories. In 1589 he laid siege to the castle of Kurokawa and captured it. Morishige was able to get to safety in Edosaki (province of Hitachi) where he lived retired. This ended the line of the Ashina daimyo, which for more than two hundred years held power in North Japan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashina_clan
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