Rokkaku Yoshiharu

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Rokkaku Yoshiharu (Rokkaku Yoshiharu,六角 義治; 1545-1612) the eldest son of Rokkaku Yoshikata. During the year of 1599, Yoshiharu became the official head of the Rokkaku clan. Even though this was so, Yoshiharu and his father both ruled jointly, and both were defeated during the year of 1560, in the Battle of Norada by that of Azai Nagamasa. Yoshiharu along with his father abandoned Kanno-ji as the Oda clan marched through the Rokkaku domain in 1568. Even though, They continued to fight from Namazue Castle. In the end, Yoshiharu had no choice but to ally with the Azai clan, but left it after it was destroyed during the year of 1573.

During the year before the fall of the Azai, Yoshiharu had corresponded with that of the Takeda clan, and joined them after the Azai were destroyed. Yoshiharu hid at the Erin-ji in Kai Province. Afterwards, Yoshiharu joined under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, becoming a retainer of Toyotomi Hidetsugu. The last thing that Yoshiharu did in history was to become an instructor of archery for Toyotomi Hideyori at Osaka Castle.