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* ''Death: [[1570]]'' | * ''Death: [[1570]]'' | ||
* ''Distinction: [[Asakura clan|Asakura]] retainer'' | * ''Distinction: [[Asakura clan|Asakura]] retainer'' | ||
| − | + | * ''Japanese'': [[朝倉]]景連 ''(Asakura Kagetsura)'' | |
Kagetsura was a senior Asakura retainer whose field of expertise was diplomacy. An interesting anecdote survives about him: in [[1561]], when [[Asakura Yoshikage]] held a dog-hunting gathering at Okubo, Kagetsura is said to have dressed so nicely that those in attendance mistook him for the lord of the clan, causing him much embarrassment. | Kagetsura was a senior Asakura retainer whose field of expertise was diplomacy. An interesting anecdote survives about him: in [[1561]], when [[Asakura Yoshikage]] held a dog-hunting gathering at Okubo, Kagetsura is said to have dressed so nicely that those in attendance mistook him for the lord of the clan, causing him much embarrassment. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:33, 25 October 2015
Kagetsura was a senior Asakura retainer whose field of expertise was diplomacy. An interesting anecdote survives about him: in 1561, when Asakura Yoshikage held a dog-hunting gathering at Okubo, Kagetsura is said to have dressed so nicely that those in attendance mistook him for the lord of the clan, causing him much embarrassment.
References
- Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
