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* ''Born: [[1526]]''
* ''Died: [[1585]]''
* ''Titles: Mimasaka no kami''
* ''Distinction: [[Rokkaku clan|Rokkaku]], [[Oda clan|Oda]], [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]] retainer''
Kagetaka was a son of [[Yamaoka Kageyuki|Yamaoka Mimasaka no kami Kageyuki]]. He was a retainer of the [[Rokkaku clan|Rokkaku family]] and held [[Seta castle]] in southern [[Omi province|Ômi province]]. Kagetaka earned fame for refusing to assist [[Akechi Mitsuhide]] after the latter killed [[Oda Nobunaga]] in [[1582]], instead burning the bridge and boats in his domain in order to prevent their use by the Akechi. He afterwards became a retainer of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] but was deprived of his land for secretly communicating with [[Shibata Katsuie]] in [[1583]]. He retired to [[Koga province|Koga]] and died there a few years later.
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[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
* ''Died: [[1585]]''
* ''Titles: Mimasaka no kami''
* ''Distinction: [[Rokkaku clan|Rokkaku]], [[Oda clan|Oda]], [[Toyotomi clan|Toyotomi]] retainer''
Kagetaka was a son of [[Yamaoka Kageyuki|Yamaoka Mimasaka no kami Kageyuki]]. He was a retainer of the [[Rokkaku clan|Rokkaku family]] and held [[Seta castle]] in southern [[Omi province|Ômi province]]. Kagetaka earned fame for refusing to assist [[Akechi Mitsuhide]] after the latter killed [[Oda Nobunaga]] in [[1582]], instead burning the bridge and boats in his domain in order to prevent their use by the Akechi. He afterwards became a retainer of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] but was deprived of his land for secretly communicating with [[Shibata Katsuie]] in [[1583]]. He retired to [[Koga province|Koga]] and died there a few years later.
==References==
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[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
