Asakura Ujikage | |
Office: | 8th Head of Asakura clan |
Native Name: | 朝倉氏景 あさくら うじかげ |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
1Blankname: | Era(s) |
1Namedata: | Muromachi-Sengoku |
Birth Date: | Bun'an 6, 5th day of the 6th month 27 April 1449 |
Death Date: | Bunmei 18, 4th day of the 7th month |
Parents: | Asakura Toshikage (father) |
Relations: | Asakura Norikage (brother) |
Children: | 2, including Asakura Sadakage |
was the 8th head of the Asakura clan during the period of the Ashikaga shogunate.[1] 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.