Ano Sanenao

Ano Sanenao (1209–1251) was an early Kamakura court noble of the Ano house, the son of Ano Kinsuke. In the twelfth month of 1221, aged thirteen, he was made a chamberlain.

He rose through the palace guards to lieutenant of the Right Inner Palace Guards and reached junior third rank in 1249. Reappointed chamberlain in 1251, he died in the ninth month that year; his son Kiminaka continued the family line.