Arts and Crafts, promoted by Yuryaku; Chinese and Korean influence; in Kamakura period; in Heian epoch; patronized by Yoshimasa; first books on; in Muromachi epoch; in time of Hideyoshi; patronized by Tsunayoshi
Asahina Saburo (or Yoshihide) son of Wada Yoshimori
Asai family control Omi province; Nobunaga's struggle with; helped by
Buddhists
—Nagamasa (1545-73), won over to Nobunaga; joins Asakura, defeated
Asaka Kaku, contributor to Dai Nihon-shi
Asakura family in Echizen; struggle with Nobunaga; helped by
Buddhist priests
—Yoshikage (1533-73), defeated by Hideyoshi
Asama, eruption (1783)
Asan, Korea, occupied by Chinese (1894)
Asano Nagamasa (1546-1610); in charge of commissariat; sent to Korea (1598)