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* ''Born: [[1496]]''
* ''Died: [[1555]]''
* ''Other names: Sessai Chôro?''
* ''Distinction: [[Imagawa clan|Imagawa]] retainer''
Sessai was a younger son of [[Imagawa Yoshitada]] and an uncle to [[Imagawa Yoshimoto]]. He was a Buddhist monk who had served as the abbot of the [[Myoshinji|Myôshinji]] in [[Kyoto]] before returning to [[Suruga province]] and taking up the abbot's position at the [[Rinzaiji]]. Sessai was a capable military commander and Yoshimoto came to rely upon him as his chief general and strategist. He defeated the [[Oda clan|Oda]] at [[Azukizaka]] in [[1548]] and forced the Oda to return [[Anjo castle]] in [[1549]].
==References==
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[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
* ''Died: [[1555]]''
* ''Other names: Sessai Chôro?''
* ''Distinction: [[Imagawa clan|Imagawa]] retainer''
Sessai was a younger son of [[Imagawa Yoshitada]] and an uncle to [[Imagawa Yoshimoto]]. He was a Buddhist monk who had served as the abbot of the [[Myoshinji|Myôshinji]] in [[Kyoto]] before returning to [[Suruga province]] and taking up the abbot's position at the [[Rinzaiji]]. Sessai was a capable military commander and Yoshimoto came to rely upon him as his chief general and strategist. He defeated the [[Oda clan|Oda]] at [[Azukizaka]] in [[1548]] and forced the Oda to return [[Anjo castle]] in [[1549]].
==References==
{{biodict}}
[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
