Kajikawa Takahide (?-1568) was the commander of Fort Nakajima during the Battle of Okehazama. Unfortunately he was killed in action during the siege of Ikeda Castle in Settsu Province in 1568. The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga (p. 122)
"On the 2nd of the Tenth Month, Nobunaga attacked the residential castle of Chikugo (Ikeda Kasamatsu) in Ikeda. Holding some troops in reserve on the high ground north of the castle, Nobunaga observed the battle. Among the retainers of Mizuno Kingo was a famous warrior named Kajikawa Heizaemon. Among Nobunaga's horse guards were Uozumi Hayato and Yamada Hanbyoe, who had also gained fame as men accomplished at the profession of Arms. Each striving to be the first, they broke through the outer bulwarks and fought man to man for awhile until Kajikawa Heizaemon was struck through hip-bone, retreated, and died a battlefield death."
Nobunaga no tame!
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