Akaza Shichirōemon

Akaza Shichirōemon (赤座 七郎右衛門) was a retainer beneath the Oda clan throughout the late Sengoku period of Feudal Japan. Shichiroemon was a vassal of the Saitō clan, recorded serving Saitō Tatsuoki, and then passed his loyalties onto Oda Nobunaga after the time at which Tatsuoki had died. In the year 1569 he served with distinction in the battles waged against the Miyoshi clan, and was awarded lands in the Echizen province. However, come 1582, at the time of the tragic loss at the Honnō-ji--the Incident at Honnō-ji--Shichiroemon was killed at Nijo Gosho.