Description for "Sasaki in Kanji"
The etymology is “small saki” (protruding small terrain) as a place name.
Sasaki is the 13th common Japanese surname.
Mr. Sasaki originated in Sasaki, Gamo District, Omi Province (Azuchi Town, Omihachiman City, Shiga Prefecture).
Originally, Sasakiyama-no-Kimi (an ancient lord who had power in Omi until the Heian period), who originally had Sasaki Shrine as his deity, and then Uta-Genji’s Minamoto-no Nariyori (a public house in the middle of the Heian period). Lived in Sasaki-Sho and named himself Sasaki.
