Sasaki no Noritsune

Sasaki no Noritsune (1000–1058), originally named Akitsune, was a late Heian warrior counted as the founder of the Sasaki clan of Uda Genji descent. A son of Minamoto no Nariyori, he served as Hyōbu-no-jō and styled himself Hyōbu-no-taifu.

By his wife Aya-no-kata he fathered Sasaki no Tsunekata, who settled at Sasaki Manor in Gamō District of Ōmi Province and took the Sasaki name.