Biography
The son of Rokkaku Sadayori, Yoshikata fought in many of the battles for control of theSengoku period house codes
During the Sengoku period, Japan's social and legal culture evolved in ways unrelated to the well-known history of serial battles and armed skirmishes. A number of forward-looking daimyos independently promulgated codes of conduct to be applied within a specific han or domain. Few examples of these daimyo-made law codes have survived, but the legal framework contrived by the Rokkaku clan remains amongst the small number of documents which can still be studied: * 1567: Rokkaku Yoshikata issues ''Rokkaku-shi shikimoku''.Katsumata Shizuo ''et al.'' (1981). "The Development of Sengoku Law" in ''Japan Before Tokugawa: Political Consolidation and Economic Growth, 1500 to 1650'', p. 102. * 1567: Rokkaku Yoshiharu, Yoshikata's eldest son, re-issues ''Rokkaku-shi shikimoku''.References
Works cited * Frederic, Louis ''et al.''. (2002). "Rokkaku Yoshikata" in ''Japan Encyclopedia''. Cambridge:Further reading
{{People of the Sengoku period, state=autocollapse Daimyo 1521 births 1598 deaths