* [[Asakura Toshikage]] defeats the [[Shiba clan|Shiba family]] and assumes control of [[Echizen province|Echizen]], marking him in some scholar's eyes at the first 'Sengoku daimyo'. Other scholars lean towards [[Hojo Soun]] as the first of the Sengoku Daimyo. | * [[Asakura Toshikage]] defeats the [[Shiba clan|Shiba family]] and assumes control of [[Echizen province|Echizen]], marking him in some scholar's eyes at the first 'Sengoku daimyo'. Other scholars lean towards [[Hojo Soun]] as the first of the Sengoku Daimyo. |