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Asakura Ujikage

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Name
  
Asakura Ujikage

Grandparents
  
Asakura Iekage

Children
  
Asakura Sadakage


Parents
  
Asakura Takakage

Died
  
1486

Grandchildren
  
Asakura Takakage, Asakura Kagetoshi, Asakura Kagetaka

Great-grandparents
  
Asakura Norikage

Asakura Ujikage (朝倉 氏景, April 27, 1449 - August 3, 1486) was the 8th head of the Asakura clan during the period of the Ashikaga shogunate. His rule also coincided with the period of the Ōnin War (1467-1477) and the early years of the Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan. He is remembered as an excellent swordsman, since with the famous katana Kotegiri Masamune in his hands, he managed to cut through the gauntlet of an enemy samurai in battle, cutting off his arm.

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Asakura Ujikage Wikipedia