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was a Japanese
samurai were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the '' daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They h ...
of the
Sengoku period The was a period in History of Japan, Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615. The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the ...
, who served the
Asakura clan The is a Japanese kin group. Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003).html" ;"title="DF 7 of 80">"Asakura", ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 3 ._He_was_also_known_as_._Magara_was_a_big_man_with_a_height_of_7_Shaku_(unit).html" "title="DF 7 of 80/nowiki>">DF 7 of 80">"Asa ...
. He was also known as . Magara was a big man with a height of 7 Shaku (unit)">shaku Shaku may refer to: * Shaku (unit) * Shaku (ritual baton) * Buddhist surname In East Asian Buddhism, monks and nuns usually adopt a Buddhist surname and a Dharma name, which are combined in the surname-first East-Asian naming order. Since the 4th c ...
() and was famed for his skill with the ''ōdachi''.【戦国こぼれ話】君は朝倉氏の家臣で、名刀「太郎太刀」で名を馳せた真柄直隆を知っているか.
Daimon Watanabe. Yahoo News. 6 October 2021.
During the 1570
Battle of Anegawa The Sengoku period (30 July 1570) occurred near Lake Biwa in Ōmi Province, Japan, between the allied forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, against the combined forces of the Azai and Asakura clans._It_is_notable_as_the_first_battle ...
, he served on the front lines, together with his son Naomoto. They supported the Asakura army's retreat from the forces of
Oda Nobunaga was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period. He is regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. Nobunaga was head of the very powerful Oda clan, and launched a war against other ''daimyō'' to unify ...
and
Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow ...
. As the Asakura continued to presently retreat to their original stronghold, Naotaka lost his blade, and after attempting to continue fighting bare-handed, was killed together with his son.
Atsuta Shrine is a Shinto shrine traditionally believed to have been established during the reign of Emperor Keikō (71-130) located in Atsuta-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture in Japan. The shrine is familiarly known as ''Atsuta-Sama'' (Venerable Atsuta) or simpl ...
owns ''Taro tachi (太郎太刀)'', a ōdachi with a blade length of ) which is said to be the sword he used. The historical book ''Akechi Gunki (明智軍記) ''states that he used a ōdachi of 7 shaku 8 sun (), and ''Asakura Shimatsuki (朝倉始末記)'' states that he used a ōdachi of about 9 shaku 5 sun ().


References

*Turnbull, Stephen. ''Warriors of Medieval Japan''.
"Makara Naotaka: Shiro to kosenjō"
(18 Feb. 2008) Samurai 1536 births 1570 deaths Japanese warriors killed in battle {{Samurai-stub