title: Yasuda clan
text: # Yasuda clan
  
  The Yasuda clan was a Japanese samurai kin group in the Sengoku period and Edo period.
  
  ## History
  
  The clan was established by Ōe no Hiromoto.
  
  In the Sengoku period, a branch of the Yasuda clan was made responsible for the collection of duties on the cloth trade.
  
  In modern history, the Yasuda are known as a "financial clan" because of their success in banking.
  
  ## Notable clan leaders
  
  * Yasuda Zenjiro
  * Hajime Yasuda
  