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* ''Other name: Asakura Takakage''

* ''Other name: Asakura Takakage''

* ''Sons: [[Asakura Ujikage]], [[Asakura Norikage]], and [[Asakura Kagetoshi]]

* ''Sons: [[Asakura Ujikage]], [[Asakura Norikage]], and [[Asakura Kagetoshi]]

* Japanese: 朝倉敏景 ''(Asakura Toshikage)''

* Japanese: [[朝倉]]敏景 ''(Asakura Toshikage)''

Toshikage initially supported the [[Yamana clan|Yamana]] in the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] but switched his loyalties to the [[Hosokawa clan|Hosokawa]] in [[1471]], a move that was coupled with a break from his nominal lords, the Shiba shugo family. The following year he defeated the [[Kai clan|Kai]] family of Echizen and became the de facto ruler of that province. He aided [[Togashi Masachika]] in his efforts to restore [[Togashi clan|Togashi]] authority in the politically confused [[Kaga province]] ([[1473]]). His hold on Echizen was cemented with his defeat of the Shiba at [[Kofukuji|Kôfukuji]] in 1479. He died on 8/21/[[1481]] and was succeeded by his eldest son Ujikage. Toshikage composed the [[Toshikage Jushichikajo]], one of the earlier and most straight-forward Sengoku Period house codes. He established the [[Asakura clan|Asakura]] capital at Ichijô no dani, which in some ways foreshadowed the castle towns of the Edo Period.

Toshikage initially supported the [[Yamana clan|Yamana]] in the [[Onin War|Ônin War]] but switched his loyalties to the [[Hosokawa clan|Hosokawa]] in [[1471]], a move that was coupled with a break from his nominal lords, the Shiba shugo family. The following year he defeated the [[Kai clan|Kai]] family of Echizen and became the de facto ruler of that province. He aided [[Togashi Masachika]] in his efforts to restore [[Togashi clan|Togashi]] authority in the politically confused [[Kaga province]] ([[1473]]). His hold on Echizen was cemented with his defeat of the Shiba at [[Kofukuji|Kôfukuji]] in 1479. He died on 8/21/[[1481]] and was succeeded by his eldest son Ujikage. Toshikage composed the [[Toshikage Jushichikajo]], one of the earlier and most straight-forward Sengoku Period house codes. He established the [[Asakura clan|Asakura]] capital at Ichijô no dani, which in some ways foreshadowed the castle towns of the Edo Period.

[[Category:Samurai]]

[[Category:Samurai]]

[[Category:Muromachi Period]]

[[Category:Muromachi Period]]