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* ''Distinction: Lord of [[Echizen province|Echizen]]''

* ''Distinction: Lord of [[Echizen province|Echizen]]''

* ''Sons: [[Asakura Yoshikage]]''

* ''Sons: [[Asakura Yoshikage]]''

Takakage succeeded his father [[Asakura Sadakage|Sadakage]] in [[1512]] and was a successful daimyô, expanding [[Asakura clan|Asakura]] influence while enhancing Echizen's growing cultural status. He is said to have formally enacted the famous '17-Article Code' of Toshikage. He sent troops to aid the struggling [[Toki clan|Toki]] of [[Mino province]] in [[1518]] and aided the [[Asai clan|Asai]] of [[Omi province|Ômi]] in their bid to throw off the authority of the [[Kyogoku clan|Kyogoku]] and supported them against the [[Rokkaku clan|Rokkaku]].

Takakage succeeded his father [[Asakura Sadakage|Sadakage]] in [[1512]] and was a successful daimyô, expanding [[Asakura clan|Asakura]] influence while enhancing Echizen's growing cultural status. He is said to have formally enacted the famous '17-Article Code' of Toshikage. He sent troops to aid the struggling [[Toki clan|Toki]] of [[Mino province]] in [[1518]] and aided the [[Asai clan|Asai]] of [[Omi province|Ômi]] in their bid to throw off the authority of the [[Kyogoku clan|Kyogoku]] and supported them against the [[Rokkaku clan|Rokkaku]].