AshinaKanagami (Ashina kin)
Kanagami Moriharu
金上盛備
“Pillar of the Ashina”
1527–1589 (aged 63)
- Rank / office
- Lord of Tsugawa Castle
- Domain / base
- The Echigo border (Tsugawa Castle)
- Banner / crest
- Three bars in a circle
- Battles in 3D
- 1 battle
A senior retainer of the Ashina kin and lord of Tsugawa Castle, which guarded the border with Echigo. Skilled in government and diplomacy, he went to the capital for an audience with Toyotomi Hideyoshi and carried great weight as the pillar of the house, working hard for harmony among the retainers after the arrival of the new head Yoshihiro. At Suriagehara in Tenshō 17, as the reversal of the wind sent his side into collapse, he drove alone into the Date to save the retreating army and was killed after a hard fight, aged 63. His death is remembered as the end that symbolised the fall of the great house of Ashina.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1527Taiei 7
Birth
Born into the Kanagami, a branch of the Ashina.
- 1580Tenshō 8
Lord of Tsugawa Castle
Entrusted with Tsugawa Castle on the Echigo border and carried great weight as an Ashina elder.
- 1588Tenshō 16
To the Capital
Went to Kyoto for an audience with Hideyoshi and worked to secure the survival of the Ashina.
- 1589Tenshō 17
Death at Suriagehara
Charged into the enemy to hold up his collapsing side and was killed, aged 63.
Battle of Suriagehara 2,500 troops Watch in 3D › The senior retainer relied on as "the pillar of the Ashina," lord of Tsugawa Castle. Trying to hold up his crumbling side, he charged alone into the enemy and was killed.
