Asakura Sadakage - Asakura Sadakage

Japanese: 朝倉貞景 - あさくら・さだかげ

Year of death: March 25, 1512 (April 11, 1512)
Year of birth: Bunmei 5 (1473)
A feudal lord of Echizen (Fukui Prefecture) during the Sengoku period. Son of Ujikage. Danjo Saemon-no-jo. He inherited the family headship at the age of 14 in Bunmei 18 (1486), and with the guardianship of his paternal uncle, Jishiin Kokyu, he achieved success in stabilizing the control of the domain. He won a lawsuit against the Shiba clan over the control of Echizen in 1487 and escaped from the relationship of master and vassal, and in Bunki 3 (1503) he put down a rebellion by a member of the Shiba clan, Asakura Kagetoyo. Furthermore, in 1506 (Eisho 3), he repelled a large army of invaders from the Kaga Ikko Ikki and established control over the domain. The "Nobutanekyo-ki" tells us that his talent for painting was heard by the emperor. He died suddenly on his way to a falconry, and Tenzawa-ji Temple (now located on the site of Higashi-Shinmachi, Fukui City) was built on his death site by his son Takakage.

(Akira Kawamura)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：永正9.3.25(1512.4.11)
生年：文明5(1473)
越前(福井県)の戦国大名。氏景の子。弾正左衛門尉。文明18(1486)年14歳で家督を継ぐが,父の叔父に当たる慈視院光玖の後見もあって領国支配の安定に実績をあげた。越前支配権を巡る長享1(1487)年以降の斯波氏との訴訟に勝ってその主従関係を脱し,文亀3(1503)年には一族朝倉景豊の反乱を鎮圧。さらに永正3(1506)年,侵攻してきた加賀一向一揆の大軍を撃退し領国支配を確立した。『宣胤卿記』は,その画才が天皇の耳にも聞こえていたと伝えている。鷹狩りへの途次急死し,その地には子孝景により天沢寺(跡地は福井市東新町)が建てられた。

(河村昭一)

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