Siege of Ichijō ga dani
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| Siege of Ichijō ga dani | |||||||
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| Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||
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| Forces of Oda Nobunaga | Castle garrison | ||||||
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| Oda Nobunaga | Asakura Yoshikage | ||||||
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga |
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| Okehazama - Azukizaka - Chōkōji - Kanagasaki - Anegawa - Ishiyama Hongan-ji - Mount Hiei - Nagashima - Mikata ga Hara - Hikida - Odani - Ichijō ga dani - Itami - Nagashino - Mitsuji - Kizugawaguchi - Shigisan - Tedorigawa - Hijiyama - Temmokuzan - Uzu - Honnōji |
The 1573 siege of Ichijō ga dani was undertaken by Oda Nobunaga, a powerful warlord (daimyo) of Japan's Sengoku period. It was one of several actions taken in a series of campaigns against the Asakura and Asai clans, which opposed his growing power.
Ichijō ga dani, the castle home of Asakura Toshikage, 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, Ichijō ga dani was a luxury home with a library, garden, and elegantly decorated rooms.
Asakura Toshikage was defeated, and suffered much the same fate as his comrade-in-arms Asai Nagamasa, whose castle at Odani was set aflame and destroyed earlier that year.
