Siege of Ichijōdani Castle
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The 1573 Siege of Ichijōdani Castle (一乗谷城の戦い, Ichijōdani-jō no Tatakai) was undertaken by Oda Nobunaga, a powerful warlord (daimyō) of Japan's Sengoku period. It was one of several actions taken in a series of campaigns against the Asakura and Azai clans, which opposed his growing power.
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Siege of Ichijōdani Castle | |||||||
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Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||
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forces of Oda Nobunaga | forces of Asakura Yoshikage | ||||||
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Oda Nobunaga Sakuma Nobumori Shibata Katsuie Niwa Nagahide Takigawa Kazumasu Hashiba Hideyoshi Inaba Yoshimichi Andō Morinari |
Asakura Yoshikage † Asakura Kagetake Asakura Kageakira Saito Tatsuoki † | ||||||
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30,000 | 20,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3,000+ |
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Ichijōdani Castle, the castle home of Asakura Yoshikage, was one of several lavishly furnished castles which can be said to typify the Azuchi-Momoyama period. Excavations and research at the ruins of the castle have revealed that, much like Toyotomi Hideyoshi's castle at Fushimi, Ichijōdani was a luxury home with a library, garden, and elegantly decorated rooms.[1]