AshinaAshina (born a Satake)
Ashina Yoshihiro
蘆名義広
1575–1631 (aged 57)
- Rank / office
- Protector of Aizu (Lord of Kurokawa Castle)
- Domain / base
- Aizu (Kurokawa Castle)
- Banner / crest
- Three bars in a circle
- Battles in 3D
- 1 battle
Born the second son of Satake Yoshishige of Hitachi, he was adopted into the great Ashina house of Aizu, which had nearly died out after the death of Ashina Moritaka. But the Satake faction and the hereditary Ashina retainers were at odds, and the young head's authority never settled. In Tenshō 17, facing Date Masamune's invasion, he allowed the defection of Inawashiro Morikuni and gave battle at Suriagehara, where he was crushed. He lost many men at the Nippashi River, abandoned his seat at Kurokawa Castle and fled to his family in Hitachi. The Ashina, who had ruled Aizu for four hundred years, were finished as Sengoku daimyo. Yoshihiro later moved to Kakunodate in Dewa under the Satake and lived into the early Edo period.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1587Tenshō 15
Inheriting the Ashina
Adopted from the Satake into the great Ashina house of Aizu and succeeded to it.
- 1589Tenshō 17
Crushing Defeat at Suriagehara
Beaten by Date Masamune, he lost Aizu and fled to his family the Satake.
Battle of Suriagehara Commander-in-chief 6,000 troops Watch in 3D › The sixteen-year-old second son of Satake Yoshishige who had inherited the great Ashina house. He went to Suriagehara with his elder retainers at odds, lost, and was driven from Aizu. - 1590Tenshō 18
The End of the Ashina
Hideyoshi's settlement of Ōshū brought no recovery of the old lands, and the Ashina vanished as daimyo.
- 1631Kan'ei 8
Death
Moved to Kakunodate in Dewa under the Satake and spent his last years there.
