Ason
Ason (朝臣?) is a prestigious title (under the eight kabane system), initially conferred in the Nara period of the history of Japan, on princes who had been reduced to the commonalty.
Notable ason were:
Notable holders of ason were:
- Kakinomoto no Ason Hitomaro, poet (c.662-710)
- Isonokami no Ason Maro of the Mononobe clan, administrator, possibly buried in Takamatsuzuka Tomb (640-717)
- Kasa no Ason Maro, poet better known as Sami Mansei (fl. 720)
- Miyamoto no Kintada Ason, poet (889-948)
- Fujiwara Toshiyuki no Ason, poet (fl. 900)
- Onakatomi no Yoshinobu Ason, poet (921-991)
- Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason, poet (d. 983)
- Fujiwara no Ason Sadaie, poet and scholar (1162-1241)
- Taiganin den Taira no Ason Iga no Kami Raiodo Hon Daikoji (Iizasa Ienao), Japanese martial arts teacher (1387-1488)