Isono Tamba (磯野丹波) was an officer of Azai Nagamasa during the Sengoku Period in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. Tamba was lord of Sawayama Castle in Omi Province and a retainer of the Azai clan. He fought at the

Battle of Maibara A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

in 1561 infamously distinguishing himself as the one who accidentally attacked his comrade

Imai Kenroku was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Takeda clan The was a Japanese samurai clan active from the late Heian period until the late 16th century. The clan was historically based in Kai Province in present-day Yamanash ...

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

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 ...

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