Siege of Ichijōdani Castle

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Siege of Ichijōdani Castle
Part of the Sengoku period
Date1573
Location
Ichijōdani Castle, Echizen Province, Japan
Result

Oda victory; castle destroyed

Belligerents
forces of Oda Nobunaga forces of Asakura Yoshikage
Commanders and leaders
Oda Nobunaga Asakura Yoshikage †
Saito Tatsuoki †
Strength
10,000 4,000

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.

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]

Asakura Yoshikage was defeated, and Saito Tatsuoki was also killed in this battle, at the age of 26.[2] [3] Yoshikage committed seppuku and suffered much the same fate as his comrade-in-arms Azai Nagamasa, whose castle at Oda Nobunaga's Siege of Odani Castle was set aflame and destroyed earlier that year.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan: 1334-1615. Stanford: Stanford University Press. pp. 253, 380. ISBN 0804705259.
  2. ^ Soda 1991: 288–92.
  3. ^ Gyuichi, Ota (1610). The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga. Leiden: Brill. p. 113.
  4. ^ Turnbull, Stephen (2000). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & C0. p. 224. ISBN 1854095234.


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