Ichijodani Asakura Family Historic Ruins

The Ichijodani Asakura Family Historic Ruins are historical ruins located within the metropolis of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, within the Hokuriku place of Japan. This vicinity changed into managed by using the Asakura extended family for 103 years throughout the Sengoku length. It is specified as Special Historic Site in 1971, and in June 2007 2,343 artifacts have been exact as Important Cultural Property. In 1471, Asakura had displaced the Shiba clan as the shugo military commander of Echizen Province in 1471. Yoshikage succeeded his father as head of the Asakura clan and fort lord of Ichijodani Castle in 1548.

The equal year, Asakura Takakage 1428-1481 fortified the Ichijodani by using building hilltop fortifications on the surrounding mountains and constructing walls and gates to seal off the northern and southern stop of the valley. Within this vicinity, the contracted a fortified mansion, surrounded with the aid of the houses of his household and retainers, and finally with the aid of the houses of traders and artisans, and Buddhist temples.