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* ''Birth: [[1545]]
* ''Death: [[1612]]
* ''Other name: Yokkaku Yoshisuke
* ''Distinction: [[Omi province|Ômi]] warlord
Yoshiharu was the eldest son of [[Rokkaku Yoshikata]] and became the official lord of the [[Rokkaku clan|Rokkaku]] in [[1559]] but in fact ruled jointly with his father, with whom he shared defeat at [[Battle of Norada|Norada]] against the [[Asai clan|Asai]] in [[1560]]. He joined his father in abandoning Kannoji as the [[Oda clan|Oda]] marched through the Rokkaku domain in [[1568]] but continued to fight from Namazue Castle. He allied with the Asai but fled when that clan was destroyed in [[1573]]. He took up with the [[Takeda clan (Kai)|Takeda]], with whom he had corresponded in [[1572]], and hid in the Erin-ji in [[Kai province. He later became a retainer of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and served [[Toyotomi Hidetsugu]]. His final post was as instructor of archery for [[Toyotomi Hideyori]] at [[Osaka castle]].
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[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
* ''Death: [[1612]]
* ''Other name: Yokkaku Yoshisuke
* ''Distinction: [[Omi province|Ômi]] warlord
Yoshiharu was the eldest son of [[Rokkaku Yoshikata]] and became the official lord of the [[Rokkaku clan|Rokkaku]] in [[1559]] but in fact ruled jointly with his father, with whom he shared defeat at [[Battle of Norada|Norada]] against the [[Asai clan|Asai]] in [[1560]]. He joined his father in abandoning Kannoji as the [[Oda clan|Oda]] marched through the Rokkaku domain in [[1568]] but continued to fight from Namazue Castle. He allied with the Asai but fled when that clan was destroyed in [[1573]]. He took up with the [[Takeda clan (Kai)|Takeda]], with whom he had corresponded in [[1572]], and hid in the Erin-ji in [[Kai province. He later became a retainer of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and served [[Toyotomi Hidetsugu]]. His final post was as instructor of archery for [[Toyotomi Hideyori]] at [[Osaka castle]].
==References==
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[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
