Asakura Hirokage

Asakura Hirokage (1254–1352) was a Nanboku-chō warrior and the first head of the Echizen Asakura clan, born in Asakuradani in Tajima Province. After the Kamakura shogunate fell, he took service under Ashikaga Takauji and followed Shiba Takatsune into Echizen.

He fought at the Battle of Fujishima against Nitta Yoshisada and was rewarded with Kuromaru Castle, where he took the name Kuromaru Uemon Nyūdō. In 1342 he founded Kōshō-ji. He died in 1352, aged about ninety-eight, and was succeeded by his son Takakage.