Akao Kiyotsuna

In this Japanese name, the family name is Akao.

Akao Kiyotsuna (赤尾 清綱, 1514 – September 1 , 1573) was a Japanese samurai of the late Sengoku period, a senior retainer of the Azai clan of Ōmi Province. Together with Kaihō Tsunachika and Amemori Yahei, Kiyotsuna was known as one of the "Three Generals of the Azai" (浅井三将 Azai-sanshō).[1] Kiyotsuna served three generations of the Azai lords: Sukemasa, Hisamasa, and Nagamasa.[2] As a mark of the Azai family's deep trust of Akao, he was allowed to maintain a residence within Odani Castle.[3]

Kiyotsuna was imprisoned after the fall of Odani Castle, and beheaded by Nobunaga. However, Nobunaga spared the life of Kiyotsuna's son Kiyofuyu.

Notes

  1. ↑ ?í?‘•??«Šo?‘ |—pŒê?W |
  2. ↑ (Japanese) あ（その1）. Archived 2009-10-24.
  3. ↑ http://fukuoka.cool.ne.jp/fleche_bizen/akao.htm



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