Ashina Moritaka (蘆名 盛隆, 1561 – November 8, 1584) was a Japanese samurai and lord of Kurokawa Castle (Aizu Castle) in the early Sengoku period.
[1] Moritaka was born as Nikaido Heishiro, the son of Nikaidō Moriyoshi (二階堂 盛義) and Onamihime.
This led to his assassination at the hands of Ōba Sanzaemon (大庭 三左衛門) in Kurokawa Castle.
[1] Ashina Yoshihiro would become Moritaka's successor because his own son, Kiōmaru, had died at the age of 2.
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