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* ''Birth: [[1555]]?''
* ''Death: [[1570]]''

Taneshige at first served the [[Saito clan|Saitô]] of [[Mino province]] and held [[Kigoe castle]]. When the Saitô were ousted by the [[Oda clan|Oda]] in [[1567]], Taneshige entered the service of the latter. He was killed under the command of [[Sakai Masahisa]] in the course of fighting the Asai and [[Asakura clan|Asakura]] near Ôtsu (in southern [[Omi province|Ômi province]]) in 1570. He is thought to have been around 25 at the time of his death.

==References==
* Initial text from ''Sengoku Biographical Dictionary'' ([http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com]) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005

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[[Category:Sengoku Period]]

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