Akao Kiyotsuna

Akao Kiyotsuna (赤尾 清綱, 1514 – September 1 , 1573) or Akao Mimisaka no Kami Kiyotsuna[1] 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).[2]

In this Japanese name, the family name is Akao.

Kiyotsuna served three generations of the Azai lords: Sukemasa, Hisamasa, and Nagamasa.[3] As a mark of the Azai family's deep trust of Akao, he was allowed to maintain a residence within Odani Castle.[4] He is noted for his role in the ascendancy of Nagamasa by forcing Hisamasa into retirement in 1560.[1]

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. Ōta, Gyūichi (2011). The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga. Leiden: BRILL. p. 199. ISBN 978-90-04-20162-0.
  2. "?í?'•??«Šo?' |—pŒê?W |". Archived from the original on 2007-02-21. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
  3. (in Japanese) あ（その1）. Archived 2009-10-24.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-08-13. Retrieved 2007-02-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)



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