Kaihō Tsunachika | |
Native Name: | 海北 綱親 |
Birth Date: | 1535 |
Death Date: | 1573 |
Birth Place: | Ōmi Province |
Death Place: | Odani Castle |
Nickname: | "Zenemon" |
Allegiance: | Azai clan |
Children: | Kaihō Yūshō |
Rank: | Azai-sanshō |
Battles: | Battle of Norada (1560) Siege of Kanegasaki (1570) Battle of Anegawa (1570) Siege of Odani (1573) |
was a Japanese samurai and commander of the Sengoku period who served Azai clan as a senior retainer.[1] [2] [3] His son Kaihō Yūshō was a representative painter of the Azuchi–Momoyama period in Japan.[3] [4]
Tsunachika served as a senior retainer and military commissioner for three generations of the Azai clan. Together with Akao Kiyotsuna and Amenomori Kiyosada, Tsunachika was known as one of the .[5]
In 1573, Tsunachika is considered to have been killed in action when Oda Nobunaga attacked and toppled Odani Castle.