Siege of Ichijōdani Castle
| Siege of Ichijōdani Castle | |||||||
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| Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||
Reconstructed castle town on the site of Ichijōdani Castle, Fukui prefecture | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| forces of Oda Nobunaga | forces of Asakura Yoshikage | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Oda Nobunaga Sakuma Nobumori Shibata Katsuie Niwa Nagahide Takigawa Kazumasu Hashiba Hideyoshi Inaba Yoshimichi Andō Morinari Kutsuki Mototsuna |
Asakura Yoshikage † Asakura Kagetake Asakura Kageakira Saito Tatsuoki † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 30,000 | 20,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 3,000+ | ||||||
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.