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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asakura_Takakage&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Asakura Takakage (page does not exist)">Asakura Takakage</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">October 12, 1533<br /><a href="/wiki/Ichij%C5%8Ddani_Asakura_Family_Historic_Ruins" title="Ichijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins">Ichijōdani Castle</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">September 16, 1573<span style="display:none">(1573-09-16)</span> (aged 39)<br />Rokubō Kenshō-ji, <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cno,_Fukui" title="Ōno, Fukui">Ōno</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Daughter of <a href="/wiki/Hosokawa_Harumoto" title="Hosokawa Harumoto">Hosokawa Harumoto</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Asakura Takakage (father)</li><li>Daughter of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Takeda_Motomitsu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Takeda Motomitsu (page does not exist)">Takeda Motomitsu</a> (mother)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashikaga_mon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Ashikaga_mon.svg/15px-Ashikaga_mon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Ashikaga_mon.svg/23px-Ashikaga_mon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Ashikaga_mon.svg/30px-Ashikaga_mon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ashikaga_shogunate" title="Ashikaga shogunate">Ashikaga shogunate</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese_Crest_mitumori_Kikkou_ni_Hanabishi.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Japanese_Crest_mitumori_Kikkou_ni_Hanabishi.svg/15px-Japanese_Crest_mitumori_Kikkou_ni_Hanabishi.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Asakura_Toshikage" title="Asakura Toshikage">Asakura Toshikage</a>.</div> <p><b>Asakura Yoshikage</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">朝倉義景</span></span>, October 12, 1533 – September 16, 1573)</span> was a Japanese <i><a href="/wiki/Daimy%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Daimyō">daimyō</a></i> of the <a href="/wiki/Sengoku_period" title="Sengoku period">Sengoku period</a> (1467–1603) who ruled a part of <a href="/wiki/Echizen_Province" title="Echizen Province">Echizen Province</a> in present-day <a href="/wiki/Fukui_Prefecture" title="Fukui Prefecture">Fukui Prefecture</a>. He was a regent of <a href="/wiki/Ashikaga_Shogunate" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashikaga Shogunate">Ashikaga Shogunate</a>. Yoshikage's conflicts with <a href="/wiki/Oda_Nobunaga" title="Oda Nobunaga">Oda Nobunaga</a> (1534–1582) resulted in his death and the destruction of the <a href="/wiki/Asakura_clan" title="Asakura clan">Asakura clan</a> and its <a href="/wiki/Japanese_castle" title="Japanese castle">castle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ichij%C5%8Ddani_Asakura_Family_Historic_Ruins" title="Ichijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins">Ichijōdani Castle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-enc_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jinmei_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jinmei-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kokushi_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kokushi-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asakura_Yoshikage&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Yoshikage was born at the <a href="/wiki/Asakura_clan" title="Asakura clan">Asakura clan</a> castle in <a href="/wiki/Echizen_Province" title="Echizen Province">Echizen Province</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ichij%C5%8Ddani_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Ichijōdani Castle">Ichijōdani Castle</a>, in the present-day Kidanouchi district of <a href="/wiki/Fukui,_Fukui" class="mw-redirect" title="Fukui, Fukui">Fukui</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fukui_Prefecture" title="Fukui Prefecture">Fukui Prefecture</a>. His father was <a href="/w/index.php?title=Asakura_Takakage&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Asakura Takakage (page does not exist)">Asakura Takakage</a> (1493–1548) and his mother is presumed to be the daughter of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Takeda_Motomitsu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Takeda Motomitsu (page does not exist)">Takeda Motomitsu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kokushi_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kokushi-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Asakura had displaced the <a href="/wiki/Shiba_clan" title="Shiba clan">Shiba clan</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Shugo" title="Shugo">shugo</a> military commanders of part of Echizen in 1471.<sup id="cite_ref-enc_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yoshikage succeeded his father as head of the Asakura clan and castle lord of Ichijōdani Castle in 1548.<sup id="cite_ref-jinmei_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jinmei-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kokugo_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kokugo-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He proved to be adept at political and diplomatic management, markedly demonstrated by the Asakura negotiations with the <a href="/wiki/Ikk%C5%8D-ikki" title="Ikkō-ikki">Ikkō-ikki</a> in Echizen at the start of his reign, which would at last put an end to major conflict between both parties. As a result of the negotiations and effective governance by Yoshikage, Echizen enjoyed a period of relative domestic stability compared to the rest of <a href="/wiki/Sengoku_period" title="Sengoku period">Sengoku period</a> Japan. Consequently, Echizen became a site for refugees fleeing the violence in the <a href="/wiki/Kansai_region" title="Kansai region">Kansai region</a>. Ichijōdani became a center of culture modeled on the capital at Kyōto.<sup id="cite_ref-enc_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conflicts_with_Oda_Nobunaga">Conflicts with Oda Nobunaga</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asakura_Yoshikage&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Conflicts with Oda Nobunaga"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kanegasaki_(1570)" title="Siege of Kanegasaki (1570)">Siege of Kanegasaki (1570)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Anegawa" title="Battle of Anegawa">Battle of Anegawa</a></div> <p>After the capture of Kyoto in 1568, <a href="/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshiaki" title="Ashikaga Yoshiaki">Ashikaga Yoshiaki</a> appointed Yoshikage as a regent and requested Asakura aid in driving Nobunaga out of the capital.<sup id="cite_ref-kokushi_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kokushi-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  In the mean time, after installing Yoshiaki as Shogun, Nobunaga had evidently pressed Yoshiaki to request all local daimyō to come to <a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a> and attend a certain banquet, but Yoshikage refused. As a result, in 1570, Oda Nobunaga launched an invasion of Echizen. Due to Yoshikage’s lack of military skill, Oda's forces <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kanegasaki_(1570)" title="Siege of Kanegasaki (1570)">besieged Kanegasaki Castle</a> (in modern-day <a href="/wiki/Tsuruga,_Fukui" title="Tsuruga, Fukui">Tsuruga</a> city), opening the entire Asakura Domain to invasion.<sup id="cite_ref-enc_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Turnbull_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Turnbull-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yoshikage benefited from military conflict between Oda Nobunaga and his brother-in-law, <a href="/wiki/Azai_Nagamasa" title="Azai Nagamasa">Azai Nagamasa</a> (1545–1573). Later, Azai launched a pincer attack with Asakura against Nobunaga at <a href="/wiki/Kanegasaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanegasaki">Kanegasaki</a>, but Nobunaga withdrew his troops, the coalition of Asakura and Azai forces failed to capture Nobunaga.<sup id="cite_ref-kokushi_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kokushi-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  </p><p>Later in July 1570, in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Anegawa" title="Battle of Anegawa">Battle of Anegawa</a>, Yoshikage and Nagamasa were defeated by numerically superior combined forces of the Oda and <a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_clan" title="Tokugawa clan">Tokugawa clans</a> led by Nobunaga and <a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyasu" title="Tokugawa Ieyasu">Ieyasu</a> (1543–1616).<sup id="cite_ref-enc_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yoshikage fled to Hiezan (<a href="/wiki/Enryaku-ji" title="Enryaku-ji">Enryaku-ji</a>, Hiei Monastery) after the Battle of Anegawa and negotiated a reconciliation with Nobunaga and was able to avoid conflict for three years.<sup id="cite_ref-kokushi_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kokushi-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asakura_Yoshikage&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Hikida_Castle" title="Siege of Hikida Castle">Siege of Hikida Castle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Ichijodani_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Ichijodani Castle">Siege of Ichijodani Castle</a></div> <p>In 1573, after Yoshikage fled from the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Hikida_Castle" title="Siege of Hikida Castle">Siege of Hikida Castle</a>, Nobunaga attack Asakura's castle town, and <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Ichijodani_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Ichijodani Castle">besieged Ichijodani Castle</a>, Yoshikage was eventually betrayed by his cousin, <a href="/wiki/Asakura_Kageaki" title="Asakura Kageaki">Asakura Kageaki</a> (1529–1574). He was forced to commit suicide by <a href="/wiki/Seppuku" title="Seppuku">seppuku</a> at Rokubō Kenshō-ji, a temple which was located in present-day <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cno,_Fukui" title="Ōno, Fukui">Ōno</a>, Fukui Prefecture. He was 39 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-enc_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kokushi_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kokushi-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Asakura clan was destroyed with the death of Yoshikage.<sup id="cite_ref-jinmei_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jinmei-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ichijōdani_Asakura_family_historic_ruins"><span id="Ichij.C5.8Ddani_Asakura_family_historic_ruins"></span>Ichijōdani Asakura family historic ruins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asakura_Yoshikage&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ichijōdani Asakura family historic ruins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The former Asakura residence in Fukui Prefecture was excavated in 1967 and revealed the ruins of the castle, residences, and gardens of Ichijōdani. The site has been designated a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Special_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty,_Special_Historic_Sites_and_Special_Natural_Monuments" title="List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments">Special Places of Scenic Beauty</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Special_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty,_Special_Historic_Sites_and_Special_Natural_Monuments" title="List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments">Special Historic Sites</a>, and an <a href="/wiki/Important_Cultural_Property_(Japan)" title="Important Cultural Property (Japan)">Important Cultural Properties</a> of Japan as the <a href="/wiki/Ichij%C5%8Ddani_Asakura_Family_Historic_Ruins" title="Ichijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins">Ichijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins</a>. The site covers 278 hectares (690 acres).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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title="Emperor Ōgimachi">Ōgimachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_Go-Y%C5%8Dzei" title="Emperor Go-Yōzei">Go-Yōzei</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Three major <i><a href="/wiki/Daimy%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Daimyō">daimyō</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oda_Nobunaga" title="Oda Nobunaga">Oda Nobunaga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyotomi_Hideyoshi" title="Toyotomi Hideyoshi">Toyotomi Hideyoshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyasu" title="Tokugawa Ieyasu">Tokugawa Ieyasu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dgun" class="mw-redirect" title="Shōgun">Shōgun</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshiharu" title="Ashikaga Yoshiharu">Ashikaga Yoshiharu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshiteru" title="Ashikaga Yoshiteru">Ashikaga Yoshiteru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshihide" title="Ashikaga Yoshihide">Ashikaga Yoshihide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshiaki" title="Ashikaga Yoshiaki">Ashikaga Yoshiaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_Hidetada" title="Tokugawa Hidetada">Tokugawa Hidetada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_daimy%C5%8Ds_from_the_Sengoku_period" title="List of daimyōs from the Sengoku period">daimyō</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amago_Tsunehisa" title="Amago Tsunehisa">Amago Tsunehisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amago_Haruhisa" title="Amago Haruhisa">Amago Haruhisa</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Asakura Yoshikage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashina_Moriuji" title="Ashina Moriuji">Ashina Moriuji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akechi_Mitsuhide" title="Akechi Mitsuhide">Akechi Mitsuhide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azai_Nagamasa" title="Azai Nagamasa">Azai Nagamasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dsokabe_Motochika" title="Chōsokabe Motochika">Chōsokabe Motochika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Date_Terumune" title="Date Terumune">Date Terumune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Date_Masamune" title="Date Masamune">Date Masamune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatakeyama_Yoshitaka" title="Hatakeyama Yoshitaka">Hatakeyama Yoshitaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honda_Tadakatsu" title="Honda Tadakatsu">Honda Tadakatsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dj%C5%8D_S%C5%8Dun" title="Hōjō Sōun">Hōjō Sōun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dj%C5%8D_Ujimasa" title="Hōjō Ujimasa">Hōjō Ujimasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dj%C5%8D_Ujiyasu" title="Hōjō Ujiyasu">Hōjō Ujiyasu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ii_Naomasa" title="Ii Naomasa">Ii Naomasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imagawa_Yoshimoto" title="Imagawa Yoshimoto">Imagawa Yoshimoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imagawa_Ujizane" title="Imagawa Ujizane">Imagawa Ujizane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isshiki_Yoshimichi" title="Isshiki Yoshimichi">Isshiki Yoshimichi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/It%C5%8D_Yoshisuke" title="Itō Yoshisuke">Itō Yoshisuke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitabatake_Tomonori" title="Kitabatake Tomonori">Kitabatake Tomonori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuroda_Nagamasa" title="Kuroda Nagamasa">Kuroda Nagamasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsunaga_Hisahide" title="Matsunaga Hisahide">Matsunaga Hisahide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miyoshi_Nagayoshi" title="Miyoshi Nagayoshi">Miyoshi Nagayoshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mogami_Yoshiaki" title="Mogami Yoshiaki">Mogami Yoshiaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C5%8Dri_Motonari" title="Mōri Motonari">Mōri Motonari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cuchi_Yoshitaka" title="Ōuchi Yoshitaka">Ōuchi Yoshitaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cuchi_Yoshinaga" title="Ōuchi Yoshinaga">Ōuchi Yoshinaga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Ctomo_S%C5%8Drin" title="Ōtomo Sōrin">Ōtomo Sōrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rokkaku_Yoshikata" title="Rokkaku Yoshikata">Rokkaku Yoshikata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ry%C5%ABz%C5%8Dji_Takanobu" title="Ryūzōji Takanobu">Ryūzōji Takanobu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sait%C5%8D_D%C5%8Dsan" title="Saitō Dōsan">Saitō Dōsan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sait%C5%8D_Yoshitatsu" title="Saitō Yoshitatsu">Saitō Yoshitatsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakai_Tadatsugu" title="Sakai Tadatsugu">Sakai Tadatsugu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakakibara_Yasumasa" title="Sakakibara Yasumasa">Sakakibara Yasumasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satomi_Yoshitaka" title="Satomi Yoshitaka">Satomi Yoshitaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanada_Yukitaka" title="Sanada Yukitaka">Sanada Yukitaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanada_Masayuki" title="Sanada Masayuki">Sanada Masayuki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanada_Nobuyuki" title="Sanada Nobuyuki">Sanada Nobuyuki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satake_Yoshishige" title="Satake Yoshishige">Satake Yoshishige</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagara_Yoshihi" title="Sagara Yoshihi">Sagara Yoshihi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimazu_Yoshihisa" title="Shimazu Yoshihisa">Shimazu Yoshihisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimazu_Yoshihiro" title="Shimazu Yoshihiro">Shimazu Yoshihiro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tachibana_D%C5%8Dsetsu" title="Tachibana Dōsetsu">Tachibana Dōsetsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takeda_Nobutora" title="Takeda Nobutora">Takeda Nobutora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takeda_Shingen" title="Takeda Shingen">Takeda Shingen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dd%C5%8D_Takatora" title="Tōdō Takatora">Tōdō Takatora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uesugi_Kagekatsu" title="Uesugi Kagekatsu">Uesugi Kagekatsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uesugi_Kenshin" title="Uesugi Kenshin">Uesugi Kenshin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uesugi_Norimasa" title="Uesugi Norimasa">Uesugi Norimasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukita_Naoie" title="Ukita Naoie">Ukita Naoie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uragami_Munekage" title="Uragami Munekage">Uragami Munekage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamana_Toyokuni" title="Yamana Toyokuni">Yamana Toyokuni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamana_Suketoyo" title="Yamana Suketoyo">Yamana Suketoyo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kenjutsu" title="Kenjutsu">Swordsmen</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marume_Nagayoshi" title="Marume Nagayoshi">Marume Nagayoshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hikita_Bungor%C5%8D" title="Hikita Bungorō">Hikita Bungorō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamiizumi_Nobutsuna" title="Kamiizumi Nobutsuna">Kamiizumi Nobutsuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miyamoto_Musashi" title="Miyamoto Musashi">Miyamoto Musashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizuno_Katsushige" title="Mizuno Katsushige">Mizuno Katsushige</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasaki_Kojir%C5%8D" title="Sasaki Kojirō">Sasaki Kojirō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tadashima_Akiyama" title="Tadashima Akiyama">Tadashima Akiyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsukahara_Bokuden" title="Tsukahara Bokuden">Tsukahara Bokuden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsutsumi_H%C5%8Dzan" title="Tsutsumi Hōzan">Tsutsumi Hōzan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yagy%C5%AB_Munenori" title="Yagyū Munenori">Yagyū Munenori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yagy%C5%AB_Munetoshi" title="Yagyū Munetoshi">Yagyū Munetoshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinmen_Munisai" title="Shinmen Munisai">Shinmen Munisai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/It%C5%8D_Itt%C5%8Dsai" title="Itō Ittōsai">Itō Ittōsai</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Adviser" title="Adviser">Advisers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Strategist" title="Strategist">strategists</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kobayakawa_Takakage" title="Kobayakawa Takakage">Kobayakawa Takakage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuroda_Yoshitaka" title="Kuroda Yoshitaka">Kuroda Yoshitaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naoe_Kanetsugu" title="Naoe Kanetsugu">Naoe Kanetsugu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takenaka_Shigeharu" title="Takenaka Shigeharu">Takenaka Shigeharu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usami_Sadamitsu" title="Usami Sadamitsu">Usami Sadamitsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamamoto_Kansuke_(general)" title="Yamamoto Kansuke (general)">Yamamoto Kansuke</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Ninja" title="Ninja">Ninja</a>, rogues and<br />mercenaries</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mochizuki_Chiyome" title="Mochizuki Chiyome">Mochizuki Chiyome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C5%ABma_Kotar%C5%8D" title="Fūma Kotarō">Fūma Kotarō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatsume_no_Tsubone" title="Hatsume no Tsubone">Hatsume no Tsubone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hattori_Hanz%C5%8D" title="Hattori Hanzō">Hattori Hanzō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishikawa_Goemon" title="Ishikawa Goemon">Ishikawa Goemon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kat%C5%8D_Danz%C5%8D" title="Katō Danzō">Katō Danzō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirigakure_Saiz%C5%8D" title="Kirigakure Saizō">Kirigakure Shikaemon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarutobi_Sasuke" title="Sarutobi Sasuke">Kōzuki Sasuke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakamura_(bandit)" title="Nakamura (bandit)">Nakamura Chōbei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohama_Kagetaka" title="Ohama Kagetaka">Ohama Kagetaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugitani_Zenj%C5%ABb%C5%8D" title="Sugitani Zenjūbō">Sugitani Zenjūbō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzuki_Magoichi" title="Suzuki Magoichi">Saika Magoichi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Suzuki_Shigeoki" title="Suzuki Shigeoki">Suzuki Sadayu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzuki_Shigehide" title="Suzuki Shigehide">Suzuki Shigehide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzuki_Magoichi" title="Suzuki Magoichi">Suzuki Shigetomo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzuki_Magoroku" class="mw-redirect" title="Suzuki Magoroku">Suzuki Magoroku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tateoka_Doshun" title="Tateoka Doshun">Igasaki Dōshun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umemura_Sawano" title="Umemura Sawano">Umemura Sawano</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">Monks</a> and other<br />religious figures</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ankokuji_Ekei" title="Ankokuji Ekei">Ankokuji Ekei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dsa" title="Kōsa">Hongan-ji Kennyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hon%27inb%C5%8D_Sansa" title="Hon'inbō Sansa">Hon'inbō Sansa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishin_S%C5%ABden" title="Ishin Sūden">Ishin Sūden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jion_(monk)" title="Jion (monk)">Jion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koji_Kashin" title="Koji Kashin">Koji Kashin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenkai" title="Tenkai">Nankōbō Tenkai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rennyo" title="Rennyo">Rennyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sessai_Ch%C5%8Dr%C5%8D" title="Sessai Chōrō">Sessai Chōrō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimozuma_Ch%C5%ABk%C5%8D" title="Shimozuma Chūkō">Shimozuma Chūkō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimotsuma_Rairen" title="Shimotsuma Rairen">Shimotsuma Rairen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimozuma_Rairy%C5%AB" title="Shimozuma Rairyū">Shimozuma Rairyū</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takuan_S%C5%8Dh%C5%8D" title="Takuan Sōhō">Takuan Sōhō</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_female_castellans_in_Japan" title="List of female castellans in Japan">Female castellans</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashikaga_Ujinohime" title="Ashikaga Ujinohime">Ashikaga Ujihime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yodo-dono" title="Yodo-dono">Chacha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miyohime" title="Miyohime">Miyohime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munakata_Saikaku" title="Munakata Saikaku">Munakata Saikaku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nene_(aristocrat)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nene (aristocrat)">Nene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onamihime" title="Onamihime">Onamihime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otazu_no_kata" title="Otazu no kata">Otazu no Kata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Otsuya" title="Lady Otsuya">Otsuya no Kata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seishin-ni" title="Seishin-ni">Seishin-ni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tachibana_Ginchiyo" title="Tachibana Ginchiyo">Tachibana Ginchiyo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Onna-musha" title="Onna-musha">Female warriors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akai_Teruko" title="Akai Teruko">Akai Teruko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fujishiro_Gozen" title="Fujishiro Gozen">Fujishiro Gozen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Ichikawa" title="Lady Ichikawa">Ichikawa no Tsubone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikeda_Sen" title="Ikeda Sen">Ikeda Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaihime" title="Kaihime">Kaihime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamehime" title="Kamehime">Kamehime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katakura_Kita" title="Katakura Kita">Katakura Kita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kat%C5%8D_Tsune" title="Katō Tsune">Katō Tsune</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komatsuhime" title="Komatsuhime">Komatsuhime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushihashi_Teru" title="Kushihashi Teru">Kushihashi Teru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maeda_Matsu" title="Maeda Matsu">Maeda Matsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/My%C5%8Dki" title="Myōki">Myōki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myorin" title="Myorin">Myōrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Numata_Jak%C5%8D" title="Numata Jakō">Numata Jakō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsuruhime" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsuruhime">Ōhōri Tsuruhime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okaji_no_Kata" title="Okaji no Kata">Okaji no Kata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oky%C5%8D" title="Okyō">Okyō no Kata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omasa" title="Omasa">Omasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oni_Gozen" title="Oni Gozen">Oni Gozen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigashi" title="Shigashi">Shigashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Shirai" title="Lady Shirai">Shirai no Tsubone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ueno_Tsuruhime" title="Ueno Tsuruhime">Ueno Tsuruhime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuki_no_Kata" title="Yuki no Kata">Yuki no Kata</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other women</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Acha" title="Lady Acha">Lady Acha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akohime" title="Akohime">Akohime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asahi_no_kata" title="Asahi no kata">Asahihime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Chaa" title="Lady Chaa">Lady Chaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chikurin-in" title="Chikurin-in">Chikurin-in</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C5%8Dhime" title="Gōhime">Gōhime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Gory%C5%AB" title="Lady Goryū">Lady Goryū</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsuchida_Gozen" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsuchida Gozen">Dota Gozen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokuhime_(1559%E2%80%931636)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokuhime (1559–1636)">Gotokuhime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsumaki_Hiroko" title="Tsumaki Hiroko">Tsumaki Hiroko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Hayakawa" title="Lady Hayakawa">Lady Hayakawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hosokawa_Gracia" title="Hosokawa Gracia">Hosokawa Gracia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irohahime" title="Irohahime">Irohahime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Izumo_no_Okuni" title="Izumo no Okuni">Izumo no Okuni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jukei-ni" title="Jukei-ni">Jukei-ni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimazu_Kameju" title="Shimazu Kameju">Shimazu Kameju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Kasuga" title="Lady Kasuga">Lady Kasuga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keigin-ni" title="Keigin-ni">Keigin-ni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitsuno" title="Kitsuno">Kitsuno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konoe_Sakiko" title="Konoe Sakiko">Konoe Sakiko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dz%C5%8Dsu" title="Kōzōsu">Kōzōsu</a></li> 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