Aso Koretsugu

Aso Koretsugu succeeded his father Koreyasu as daiguji, head priest of Aso Shrine in Higo Province. In 1196 Hōjō Tokimasa issued a warrant appointing him to the daiguji office, and in 1200 his father transferred the Nangō valley lands to him.

Tradition places in his time the move of the clan seat south beyond the caldera toward Yabe, and in 1222 he is said to have relocated the Tendai temple Aitōji and fortified its site.