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Asakura Yoshikage

Daimyo who ruled a part of Echizen Province

Died when: 39 years 339 days (479 months)
Star Sign: Libra

 

Asakura Yoshikage

Asakura Yoshikage (?? ??, October 12, 1533 – September 16, 1573) was a Japanese daimyo 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, Ichijodani Castle.

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