was a son of Kyōgoku Takakiyo and a nominal vassal of the

Azai clan The , also rendered as Asai, was a Japanese clan during the Sengoku period. History The Azai clan was a line of ''daimyōs'' (feudal military lords) seated at Odani Castle in northeastern Ōmi Province, located within present day Nagahama, S ...

. Following

Ashikaga Yoshiteru , also known as Yoshifushi or Yoshifuji, was the 13th ''shōgun'' of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1546 to 1565 during the late Muromachi period of Japan. He was the eldest son of the 12th ''shōgun'', Ashikaga Yoshiharu, and his moth ...

's murder in 1565, Takayoshi attended to

Ashikaga Yoshiaki "Ashikaga Yoshiaki" in '' The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 625. was the 15th and final ''shōgun'' of the Ashikaga shogunate in Japan who reigned from 1568 to 1573 when he ...

. He fell out of favour with

Oda Nobunaga was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period, Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was the and regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. He is sometimes referred as the "Demon Daimyō" and "Demo ...

after

's banishment from Kyoto in 1573.

Family

* Father: Kyōgoku Takakiyo * Wife: Kyōgoku Maria * Children: **

Kyōgoku Takatsugu was a ''daimyō'' (military feudal lord) of Ōmi Province and Wakasa Province during the late Sengoku period of History of Japan, Japan's history.Edmond Papinot, Papinot, Edmond. (2003)''Nobiliare du Japon'', pp. 27–28./ref> Biography His chi ...

by Kyōgoku Maria ** Kyōgoku Takatomo by Kyōgoku Maria ** Kyōgoku Tatsuko married Takeda Motoaki later become

Toyotomi Hideyoshi , otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period, Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: ...

's concubines by Kyōgoku Maria ** daughter married Ujiie Yukihiro ** Magdalena married Kutsuki Nobutsuna by Kyōgoku Maria

References

1508 births 1581 deaths Kyōgoku clan {{Japan-clan-stub