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* ''Birth: [[1428]]''
* ''Death: [[1481]]''
* ''Distinction: Lord of [[Echizen province|Echizen]]
* ''Other name: Asakura Takakage''
* ''Sons: [[Asakura Ujikage]], [[Asakura Norikage]], and [[Asakura Kagetoshi]]
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:Sengoku Period]]
[[Category:Samurai]]