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* ''Born: [[1529]]''

* ''Birth: [[1529]]''

* ''Died: [[1574]]''

* ''Death: [[1574]]''

* ''Japanese'': [[朝倉]]景鏡 ''(Asakura Kageakira, or Kageaki)''

Kageakira joined [[Oda Nobunaga]] when the latter invaded [[Echizen province|Echizen]] in [[1573]] and is said to have betrayed the whereabouts of [[Asakura Yoshikage]]. He was afterwards given [[Ino castle]] in Echizen but was killed in [[1574]] during a rebellion of Echizen monto.

Kageakira was a son of [[Asakura Kagetaka]] and held [[Ino castle]] in [[Echizen province]]. He commanded the Asakura army at various times after the battles of [[1570]] but became so disgusted with [[Ashikaga Yoshiakira|Yoshiakira's]] weak leadership that he went over to [[Oda Nobunaga]] when the latter invaded Echizen in [[1573]]. To prove his earnesty he betrayed the whereabouts of [[Asakura Yoshikage]], who had gone into hiding. Nobunaga granted him a fief in Echizen and he changed his name to Tobashi Kageakira. In [[1574]] the Echizen ikko, supported by fighters from [[Kaga province|Kaga]] commanded by [[Shimotsuma Raisho]] and others, rebelled and Kageakira led out his troops to face them. He was overwhelmed and died fighting on 5/4/1574.

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