Rokkaku Yoshikata 六角 義賢 | |
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![]() Rokkaku Yoshikata's portrait | |
Head of Rokkaku clan | |
In office 1552–1559 | |
Succeeded by | Rokkaku Yoshisuke |
Personal details | |
Born | 1521 |
Died | April 19, 1598 (aged 77) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Ashikaga Shogunate |
Unit | Rokkaku clan |
Battles/wars | Battle of Norada (1560) Battle of Kannonji (1568) Siege of Kanegasaki (1570) Ishiyama Hongan-ji War (1574-1580) |
Rokkaku Yoshikata (六角 義賢, 1521 – April 19, 1598) was a samurai head of the Rokkaku clan during Japan's Sengoku period.[1] He was shugo (governor) and later daimyō of an area of southern Ōmi province, he served as castellan of Kannonji Castle. He later became a Buddhist monk, under the name Shōtei.