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...t the [[Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima]], he afterwards entered the service of the Ogasawara.

== Timeline of 1553 == ...attle of Kawanakajima]] in [[Shinano province]] - also known as the Battle of Fuse.

...he command of [[Saito Tomonobu|Saitô Tomonobu]]. At the [[Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima]] ([[1561]]) Akishige fought gallantly and bested a Takeda hero named [[Yas

* ''Distinction: One of [[Takeda Shingen's 24 Generals]]'' ...He was at first known as Kyôraishi Kagemasa. He served three generations of [[Takeda clan|Takeda]] daimyô – Nobutora, [[Takeda Shingen|Shingen]], an

== Timeline of 1555 == ...engage in the [[Second Battle of Kawanakajima]], also known as the Battle of the Saigawa.

...iven Nechi Castle [根知城] in Echigo Province and died there in the 2nd month of 1573. His son [[Murakami Kunikiyo|Kunikiyo]] served the Uesugi as a retain Yoshikiyo had been married to the daughter of [[Ogasawara Nagamune]].

== Timeline of 1561 == * 1561/2 [[Uesugi Kenshin]] besieges [[Hojo Ujiyasu|Hôjô Ujiyasu]] [[Siege of Odawara (1561)|in Odawara]] but retreats after two months.

* ''Distinction: One of [[Takeda Shingen's 24 Generals]]'' ...nding the Takeda since the rise of Shingen, although the bulk (if not all) of the text was probably written by [[Obata Kagenori]] years later.

[[File:Tenkai-nikko.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Statue of Tenkai in Nikkô, facing towards [[Futaarasan Shrine]] and [[Nikko Toshogu| ...zu Kannon-dô]] in Ueno, and played a notable role in the early development of [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]].

[[Image:Hiroshima castle.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The main keep of [[Hiroshima castle]].]] *''Territory: [[Aki province]], parts of [[Bingo province]]''

...d samurai commanders of the later Sengoku Period; sometimes considered one of [[Takeda Shingen's 24 Generals]]'' ...lled in [[1575]] at [[Battle of Nagashino|Nagashino]], and he became head of the Sanada.

...many ''koi'' (carp) in the moat. Ran Zwigenberg, ''Hiroshima: The Origins of Global Memory Culture'', Cambridge University Press (2014), 128n121.</ref> ...estoration]] in [[1871]]. As happened to many castles during this era, all of the buildings except for the ''tenshu'' were destroyed by the government (c

...hihiko, Alan Christy (trans.), ''Rethinking Japanese History'', University of Michigan (2012), 49.</ref> ...tle over time, often by improvements to get around natural barriars. Most of the highways below are still in use and are commonly called by their old na

==The Tiger of Kai== ...stioned. Certain scholars have suggested that this was in fact a painting of a Hatakeyama lord from Noto province.]]

...-teppo.JPG|right|thumb|500px|An Edo period matchlock gun. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.]] ...s, the first European firearm to be introduced to Japan. Though some forms of gunpowder weapons existed in Japan earlier, having been introduced from Chi