Sengoku figure
佐久間盛政
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1580
Month 1
The Fall of Oyama Gobo
Led the attack on Oyama Gobo; first lord of Kanazawa CastleAfter Nobunaga's peace with the Ishiyama Hongan-ji, Sakuma Morimasa, serving under Shibata Katsuie, took Oyama Gobo, the headquarters of the Kaga Ikkō-ikki. The fall of its nearly century-old center brought Kaga under effective Oda control.
1582
Month 3
The Destruction of the Hakusan Foothills Ikkō-ikki
Led the attack on Torigoe and Futokoro castlesSakuma Morimasa crushed the Yamanouchi-sōshō, the Ikkō-shū organization in the Hakusan foothills that had kept resisting at Torigoe and Futokoro castles after the fall of Oyama Gobo. Over 300 ikki fighters were executed, ending the Kaga Ikkō-ikki after nearly a century.
1583
6/11
Battle of Shizugatake
Vanguard of 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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