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Akaike Nagatō

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Akaike Nagatō
Native name
赤池 長任
Birth nameAkaike Nagatō
Born1529
Japan
Died1568
Japan
RankSumurai (lord of Akaike Castle)
Battles / warsBattle of Dō-ga-saki

Akaike Nagatō (赤池 長任, 1529–1568) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period who served the Sagara clan of southern Kyūshū and held the court title of Izu no Kami (伊豆守). The lord of Akaike Castle in Higo Province, Akaike achieved fame at the fight at Ōkuchi Castle in 1568, when he defeated the forces of Shimazu Yoshihiro at the Battle of Dō-ga-saki. [1]

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  1. ^ "Samurai Armies 1550–1615", "Google Books",