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4 unusual facts about Asakura Yoshikage


Asakura Yoshikage

The site has been designated a Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites, and an Important Cultural Properties of Japan as the Ichijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins.

Due to Yoshikage’s lack of military skill, Oda's forces were successful at the Siege of Kanegasaki in Ōmi Province, leaving the entire Asakura Domain open to invasion.

Yoshikage fled to Hiezan after the Battle of Anegawa and negotiated a reconciliation with Nobunaga and was able to avoid conflict for three years.

Genki

1570 (Genki 1, 6th month): The combined forces of the Azai clan, led by Azai Nagamasa, and the Asakura clan, led by Asakura Yoshikage, met the forces of Oda Nobunaga in a shallow riverbed which has come to be known as the Battle of Anegawa.



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