 Ichijōdani Castle, the castle home of Asakura Yoshikage, was one of several lavishly furnished castles which can be said to typify the Azuchi-Momoyama period.Excavations and research at the ruins of the castle have revealed that, much like Toyotomi Hideyoshi's castle at Fushimi, Ichijōdani was a luxury home with a library, garden, and elegantly decorated rooms.Asakura Yoshikage was defeated, and suffered much the same fate as his comrade-in-arms Azai Nagamasa, whose castle at Oda Nobunaga's Siege of Odani Castle was set aflame and destroyed earlier that year.