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{{nihongo|'''Asakura Yoshikage'''|朝倉 義景||October 12, 1533&nbsp;– September 16, 1573}} was a Japanese [[daimyo]] of the [[Sengoku period]] (1467–1573) who ruled a part of [[Echizen Province]] in present-day [[Fukui Prefecture]]. Yoshikage's conflicts with [[Oda Nobunaga]] (1534–1582) resulted in his death and the destruction of the [[Asakura clan]] and its [[Japanese castle|castle]], [[Ichijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins|Ichijōdani Castle]].<ref name="enc">{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Japan | title = Asakura Yoshikage | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | accessdate = 2012-08-22 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | oclc = 56431036}}</ref><ref name="jinmei">{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Nihon Jinmei Daijiten (日本人名大辞典) | title = 朝倉 義景 | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | accessdate = 2012-08-22 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | language = Japanese | trans_title = Asakura Yoshikage}}</ref><ref name="kokushi">{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Kokushi Daijiten | title = 朝倉 義景 | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | accessdate = 2012-08-22 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | language = Japanese | trans_title = Asakura Yoshikage | oclc = 683276033}}</ref>
{{nihongo|'''Asakura Yoshikage'''|朝倉 義景||October 12, 1533&nbsp;– September 16, 1573}} was a Japanese [[daimyo]] of the [[Sengoku period]] (1467–1573) who ruled a part of [[Echizen Province]] in present-day [[Fukui Prefecture]]. Yoshikage's conflicts with [[Oda Nobunaga]] (1534–1582) resulted in his death and the destruction of the [[Asakura clan]] and its [[Japanese castle|castle]], [[Ichijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins|Ichijōdani Castle]].<ref name="enc">{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Japan |title=Asakura Yoshikage |url=http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |accessdate=2012-08-22 |year=2012 |publisher=Shogakukan |location=Tokyo |oclc=56431036 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |archivedate=2007-08-25 |df= }}</ref><ref name="jinmei">{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Nihon Jinmei Daijiten (日本人名大辞典) |title=朝倉 義景 |url=http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |accessdate=2012-08-22 |year=2012 |publisher=Shogakukan |location=Tokyo |language=Japanese |trans_title=Asakura Yoshikage |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |archivedate=2007-08-25 |df= }}</ref><ref name="kokushi">{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Kokushi Daijiten |title=朝倉 義景 |url=http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |accessdate=2012-08-22 |year=2012 |publisher=Shogakukan |location=Tokyo |language=Japanese |trans_title=Asakura Yoshikage |oclc=683276033 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |archivedate=2007-08-25 |df= }}</ref>


==Early career==
==Early career==


Yoshikage was born at the Asakura clan [[castle]] in Echizen Province, Ichijōdani Castle, in the present-day Kidanouchi district of [[Fukui, Fukui|Fukui]], [[Fukui Prefecture]]. His father was [[Asakura Takakage]] (1493–1548) and his mother is presumed to be the daughter of [[Takeda Motomitsu]].<ref name="kokushi"/> The Asakura had displaced the [[Shiba clan]] as the [[shugo]] military commanders of part of Echizen in 1471.<ref name="enc" /> Yoshikage succeeded his father as head of the Asakura clan and castle lord of Ichijōdani Castle in 1548.<ref name="jinmei" /><ref name="kokugo">{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Nihon Kokugo Daijiten | title = 朝倉 義景 | trans_title = Asakura Yoshikage| url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | accessdate = 2012-08-22 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | language = Japanese | oclc = 56431036}}</ref> He proved to be adept at political and diplomatic management, markedly demonstrated by the Asakura negotiations with the [[Ikkō-ikki]] in Echizen. As a result of the negotiations and effective governance by Yoshikage, Echizen enjoyed a period of relative domestic stability compared to the rest of [[Sengoku]] era Japan. Consequently, Echizen became a site for refugees fleeing the violence in the [[Kansai region]]. Ichijōdani became a center of culture modeled on the capital at Kyōto.<ref name="enc" />
Yoshikage was born at the Asakura clan [[castle]] in Echizen Province, Ichijōdani Castle, in the present-day Kidanouchi district of [[Fukui, Fukui|Fukui]], [[Fukui Prefecture]]. His father was [[Asakura Takakage]] (1493–1548) and his mother is presumed to be the daughter of [[Takeda Motomitsu]].<ref name="kokushi"/> The Asakura had displaced the [[Shiba clan]] as the [[shugo]] military commanders of part of Echizen in 1471.<ref name="enc" /> Yoshikage succeeded his father as head of the Asakura clan and castle lord of Ichijōdani Castle in 1548.<ref name="jinmei" /><ref name="kokugo">{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Nihon Kokugo Daijiten |title=朝倉 義景 |trans_title=Asakura Yoshikage |url=http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |accessdate=2012-08-22 |year=2012 |publisher=Shogakukan |location=Tokyo |language=Japanese |oclc=56431036 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |archivedate=2007-08-25 |df= }}</ref> He proved to be adept at political and diplomatic management, markedly demonstrated by the Asakura negotiations with the [[Ikkō-ikki]] in Echizen. As a result of the negotiations and effective governance by Yoshikage, Echizen enjoyed a period of relative domestic stability compared to the rest of [[Sengoku]] era Japan. Consequently, Echizen became a site for refugees fleeing the violence in the [[Kansai region]]. Ichijōdani became a center of culture modeled on the capital at Kyōto.<ref name="enc" />


==Conflicts with Oda Nobunaga==
==Conflicts with Oda Nobunaga==


After the capture of Kyoto, Ashikaga Yoshiaki appointed Yoshikage regent and requested Asakura aid in driving Nobunaga out of the capital.<ref name="kokushi" /> As a result, Oda Nobunaga launched an invasion of Echizen. Due to Yoshikage’s lack of military skill, Oda's forces were successful at the [[Siege of Kanegasaki (1570)|Siege of Kanegasaki]] (in modern-day [[Tsuruga, Fukui|Tsuruga]] city), leaving the entire Asakura Domain open to invasion.<ref name="enc" /><ref>{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Dijitaru Daijisen | title = 朝倉義景 | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | accessdate = 2012-08-22 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | language = Japanese | trans_title = Asakura Yoshikage | oclc = 56431036}}</ref><ref name=Turnbull>{{Cite book |last=Turnbull |first=Stephen |title=Battles of the Samurai |publisher=Arms and Armour Press |year=1987 |ISBN=0853688265 |page=60}}</ref>
After the capture of Kyoto, Ashikaga Yoshiaki appointed Yoshikage regent and requested Asakura aid in driving Nobunaga out of the capital.<ref name="kokushi" /> As a result, Oda Nobunaga launched an invasion of Echizen. Due to Yoshikage’s lack of military skill, Oda's forces were successful at the [[Siege of Kanegasaki (1570)|Siege of Kanegasaki]] (in modern-day [[Tsuruga, Fukui|Tsuruga]] city), leaving the entire Asakura Domain open to invasion.<ref name="enc" /><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Dijitaru Daijisen |title=朝倉義景 |url=http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |accessdate=2012-08-22 |year=2012 |publisher=Shogakukan |location=Tokyo |language=Japanese |trans_title=Asakura Yoshikage |oclc=56431036 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |archivedate=2007-08-25 |df= }}</ref><ref name=Turnbull>{{Cite book |last=Turnbull |first=Stephen |title=Battles of the Samurai |publisher=Arms and Armour Press |year=1987 |ISBN=0853688265 |page=60}}</ref>


Yoshikage benefited from the military conflicts between [[Azai Nagamasa]] (1545–1573), brother-in-law of Oda Nobunaga. Azai had launched a pincer attack strategy against Nobunaga in Kanegasaki, but the coalition of Asakura and Azai forces failed in the task of capturing Nobunaga.<ref name="kokushi" /> In the [[Battle of Anegawa]] in 1570, Yoshikaga and Nagamasa were defeated by the numerically superior [[Tokugawa clan]] headed by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] (1543–1616).<ref name="enc" />
Yoshikage benefited from the military conflicts between [[Azai Nagamasa]] (1545–1573), brother-in-law of Oda Nobunaga. Azai had launched a pincer attack strategy against Nobunaga in Kanegasaki, but the coalition of Asakura and Azai forces failed in the task of capturing Nobunaga.<ref name="kokushi" /> In the [[Battle of Anegawa]] in 1570, Yoshikaga and Nagamasa were defeated by the numerically superior [[Tokugawa clan]] headed by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] (1543–1616).<ref name="enc" />

Revision as of 09:48, 19 October 2016

Asakura Yoshikage
朝倉 義景
5th Daimyo of the Asakura Domain
In office
1548–1573
Preceded byAsakura Takakage
Succeeded byNone
Personal details
Born(1533-10-12)October 12, 1533
Died(1573-10-16)October 16, 1573
RelationsFather:
Asakura Takakage
Mother:
Daughter of Takeda Motomitsu
Wife:
Daughter of Hosokawa Harumoto

Template:Japanese name Asakura Yoshikage (朝倉 義景, October 12, 1533 – September 16, 1573) was a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period (1467–1573) who ruled a part of Echizen Province in present-day Fukui Prefecture. 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]

Early career

Yoshikage was born at the Asakura clan castle in Echizen Province, Ichijōdani Castle, in the present-day Kidanouchi district of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture. His father was Asakura Takakage (1493–1548) and his mother is presumed to be the daughter of Takeda Motomitsu.[3] The Asakura had displaced the Shiba clan as the shugo military commanders of part of Echizen in 1471.[1] Yoshikage succeeded his father as head of the Asakura clan and castle lord of Ichijōdani Castle in 1548.[2][4] He proved to be adept at political and diplomatic management, markedly demonstrated by the Asakura negotiations with the Ikkō-ikki in Echizen. As a result of the negotiations and effective governance by Yoshikage, Echizen enjoyed a period of relative domestic stability compared to the rest of Sengoku era Japan. Consequently, Echizen became a site for refugees fleeing the violence in the Kansai region. Ichijōdani became a center of culture modeled on the capital at Kyōto.[1]

Conflicts with Oda Nobunaga

After the capture of Kyoto, Ashikaga Yoshiaki appointed Yoshikage regent and requested Asakura aid in driving Nobunaga out of the capital.[3] As a result, Oda Nobunaga launched an invasion of Echizen. Due to Yoshikage’s lack of military skill, Oda's forces were successful at the Siege of Kanegasaki (in modern-day Tsuruga city), leaving the entire Asakura Domain open to invasion.[1][5][6]

Yoshikage benefited from the military conflicts between Azai Nagamasa (1545–1573), brother-in-law of Oda Nobunaga. Azai had launched a pincer attack strategy against Nobunaga in Kanegasaki, but the coalition of Asakura and Azai forces failed in the task of capturing Nobunaga.[3] In the Battle of Anegawa in 1570, Yoshikaga and Nagamasa were defeated by the numerically superior Tokugawa clan headed by Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616).[1]

Death

Yoshikage fled to Hiezan (Enryaku-ji, Hiei Monastery) after the Battle of Anegawa and negotiated a reconciliation with Nobunaga and was able to avoid conflict for three years.[3] Yoshikage was eventually betrayed by his cousin, Asakura Kageakira (1529–1574) in 1573. He was forced to commit suicide by seppuku at Rokubō Kenshō-ji, a temple which was located in present-day Ōno, Fukui Prefecture. He was 41 years old.[1][3] The Asakura clan was destroyed with the death of Yoshikage.[2]

Ichijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins

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 Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites, and an Important Cultural Properties of Japan as the Ichijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins. The site covers 278 hectares (690 acres).

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Asakura Yoshikage". Encyclopedia of Japan. Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 56431036. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-08-22. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b c "朝倉 義景". Nihon Jinmei Daijiten (日本人名大辞典) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-08-22. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b c d e f "朝倉 義景". Kokushi Daijiten (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 683276033. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-08-22. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "朝倉 義景". Nihon Kokugo Daijiten (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 56431036. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-08-22. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "朝倉義景". Dijitaru Daijisen (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 56431036. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-08-22. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Turnbull, Stephen (1987). Battles of the Samurai. Arms and Armour Press. p. 60. ISBN 0853688265.
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