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Akao Kiyotsuna

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Template:Japanese name Akao Kiyotsuna (赤尾 清綱, 1514 – September 1 , 1573) or Akao Mimisaka no Kami Kiyotsuna[1] was a Japanese samurai of the late Sengoku period, a senior retainer of the Azai clan of Ōmi Province. Together with Kaihō Tsunachika and Amemori Yahei, Kiyotsuna was known as one of the "Three Generals of the Azai" (浅井三将, Azai-sanshō).[2]

Kiyotsuna served three generations of the Azai lords: Sukemasa, Hisamasa, and Nagamasa.[3] As a mark of the Azai family's deep trust of Akao, he was allowed to maintain a residence within Odani Castle.[4] He is noted for his role in the ascendancy of Nagamasa by forcing Hisamasa into retirement in 1560.[1]

Kiyotsuna was imprisoned after the fall of Odani Castle, and beheaded by Nobunaga. However, Nobunaga spared the life of Kiyotsuna's son Kiyofuyu.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Ōta, Gyūichi (2011). The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga. Leiden: BRILL. p. 199. ISBN 978-90-04-20162-0.
  2. ^ "?í?'•??«Šo?' |—pŒê?W |". Archived from the original on 2007-02-21. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
  3. ^ (in Japanese) あ(その1). Archived 2009-10-24.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-08-13. Retrieved 2007-02-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)