Siege of Ichijōdani Castle

Siege of Ichijōdani Castle
	Part of the Sengoku period
Date	September, 1573
Location	Ichijōdani Castle, Echizen Province, Japan
Result	Oda clan victory; Asakura clan destroyed;
Belligerents
forces of Oda Nobunaga	forces of Asakura Yoshikage
Commanders and leaders
Oda Nobunaga; Sakuma Nobumori; Shibata Katsuie; Niwa Nagahide; Takigawa Kazumasu; Hashiba Hideyoshi; Inaba Yoshimichi; Andō Morinari	Asakura Yoshikage †; Asakura Kageakira ; Asakura Kagetake; Saito Tatsuoki †
Strength
30,000	20,000
Casualties and losses
	3,000+

The 1573 Siege of Ichijōdani Castle (一乗谷城の戦い, Ichijōdani-jō no Tatakai) was undertaken by Oda Nobunaga, a powerful warlord (daimyō) of Japan's Sengoku period. It was one of several actions taken in a series of campaigns against the Asakura and Azai clans, which opposed his growing power.

Ichijōdani Castle, the castle home of Asakura Yoshikage, was one of several lavishly furnished castles which can be said to typify the Azuchi-Momoyama period. Excavations and research at the ruins of the castle have revealed that, much like Toyotomi Hideyoshi's castle at Fushimi, Ichijōdani was a luxury home with a library, garden, and elegantly decorated rooms.

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