Isono Tamba-no-kami

Isono Tamba (磯野丹波) was an officer of Azai Nagamasa during the Sengoku Period in Japan. Tamba was lord of Sawayama Castle in Omi Province[1] and a retainer of the Azai clan. He fought at the Battle of Maibara in 1561 infamously distinguishing himself as the one who accidentally attacked his comrade Imai Kenroku.[2]

Isono Tamba.

Later on, he served under the Azai clan. At the Battle of Anegawa in 1573, he fought against Oda Nobunaga.

References

  1. Tamba information Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine at www.monika-schmidt.com
  2. Turnbull, Stephen (2007), Warriors of Medieval Japan (General Military), Osprey Publishing, pp. 187–188, ISBN 978-1-84603-220-2


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