Asakura Yoshikage

Asakura Yoshikage
朝倉 義景
5th Head of Asakura clan
In office
1548–1573
Preceded byAsakura Takakage
Personal details
BornOctober 12, 1533
Ichijōdani Castle
DiedSeptember 16, 1573(1573-09-16) (aged 39)
Rokubō Kenshō-ji, Ōno
SpouseDaughter of Hosokawa Harumoto
Parents
Military service
Allegiance Ashikaga shogunate
Azai clan
Unit Asakura clan
Battles/warsSiege of Kanegasaki (1570)
Battle of Anegawa (1570)
Siege of Hikida Castle (1573)
Siege of Ichijōdani Castle (1573)

Asakura Yoshikage (朝倉 義景, October 12, 1533 – September 16, 1573) was a Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period (1467–1603) who ruled a part of Echizen Province in present-day Fukui Prefecture. He was a regent of Ashikaga Shogunate. Yoshikage's conflicts with Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) resulted in his death and the destruction of the Asakura clan and its castle, Ichijōdani Castle.[1][2][3]

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