Etymology and distribution of 明芝.

Akeshiba 【明芝】^{レベル2
About 30}  The Japanese surnames etymology dictionary.

Ehime-ken , Chiba-ken .

① Ehime-ken Matsuyama-shi Birth of shallow waters (Asanamihara). A place name with a record since the Muromachi period. The old pronunciation of the last name is Asanami.

② things . 莇 variant of. Toukyou-to Meguro-ku It was in the Edo period in Nakameguro. Tell him that he was renamed from his family name in the same place. 莇 Azami reference.