Sengoku figure
Sassa Narimasa
佐々成政
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1575
Month 8
The Suppression of the Echizen Ikkō-ikki
After the suppression, one of the 'Three Men of Fuchū' who governed the Fuchū districtsAfter the fall of the Asakura, the Ikkō-ikki had effectively ruled Echizen Province. Nobunaga's army crushed it with a two-pronged assault through Kinome Pass and Sugitsu. Afterward, Shibata Katsuie received eight districts of Echizen, while Maeda Toshiie, Sassa Narimasa, and Fuwa Mitsuji — the 'Three Men of Fuchū' — were granted the two Fuchū districts.
1582
4/3
Shibata Katsuie and the Oda Army Besiege Uozu Castle
Took part / involvedShibata Katsuie, Maeda Toshiie, Sassa Narimasa, and other Oda commanders surrounded Uozu Castle, a key Uesugi stronghold. The siege lasted about eighty days.
6/22
Fall of Uozu Castle
Took part / involvedAn Oda coalition led by Shibata Katsuie, Maeda Toshiie, and Sassa Narimasa captured Uozu Castle from the Uesugi side. The Oda forces withdrew after learning of the Honnō-ji Incident.
1583
6/11
Battle of Shizugatake
Commander on the Katsuie sideThe decisive clash between Hashiba Hideyoshi and Shibata Katsuie over Nobunaga’s succession. After a long standoff across Lake Yogo, Sakuma Morimasa’s surprise attack set the battle in motion, and Katsuie took his own life at his home castle of Kitanosho.
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