Editing Tsutsui Junkei

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|name= Tsutsui Junkei
|image= Wiki noimage.jpg
|birth= 31 March 1549<br>[[Yamato]], [[Japan]]<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Tsutsui Junkei}}</ref>
|death= 15 September 1584 {{c|aged 35}}<br>Yamato, Japan<ref name="DB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Database: Tsutsui Junkei]]</ref>
|species= [[Human]]
|affiliates=[[Tsutsui clan]]<br>[[Oda clan]]
|database=[[Database: Tsutsui Junkei|Tsutsui Junkei]]
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'''Tsutsui Junkei''' (筒井 順慶, 1549 – 1584) was a [[Japan]]ese ''[[daimyō]]'' of the [[Tsutsui clan]] who lived in the [[Yamato]] Province during the late [[Sengoku period]].

==Biography==
===Alliance with Nobunaga===
In 1565, Tsutsui Junkei was expelled from his {{Wiki|:ja:筒井城|castle}} by {{Wiki|Matsunaga Hisahide}} and his forces. Within a year, however, he joined forces with [[Oda Nobunaga]] and retook back his castle from Hisahide. For the following years, he fought as a fiercesome ally for the [[Oda clan]] and in 1575, he later aided Nobunaga during the [[Ishiyama Hongan-ji War]] against the ''[[Ikkō-ikki]]''.<ref name="DB"/> Within two years, Junkei, with the help of the land's warrior monks, led by [[Hara Joken]], sieged and successfully defeated Hisahide, ending his reign over [[Yamato]].<ref name="Darkness Falls">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Darkness Falls]]</ref>

In 1578, Junkei was named Yamato's ''daimyō'',<ref name="DB"/> much to Joken's ire.<ref name="Temple Stories">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Temple Stories]]</ref> He later abandoned his castle and built [[Kōriyama Castle]] as his new [[fort]]ress. He later provided aid to Nobunaga against the ''[[Iga ikki]]'' during Nobunaga's [[Tenshō Iga War|invasion]] of [[Iga]].<ref name="DB"/>

===Conflict with the Akiyama clan===
In 1582, Junkei was at odds with the [[Akiyama clan]] and its matriarch [[Akiyama clan]]. Willing to negotiate for peace, they allowed the head abbot Joken Hokkyō to be the mediator. However, when he sent envoys for peace to Ayako, they went missing, which led Junkei accusing Ayako of being responsible. Fortunately, the [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] members [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and [[Yasuke]] came to investigate the mysterious, dark acts happening across Yamato.<ref name="A Chance Encounter">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[A Chance Encounter]]</ref>

After visiting [[Tōdai-ji]], Naoe and Yasuke fought against rogue Akiyama agents, who stole a holy script needed for the peace talks. The abbot soon headed to Junkei and informed him of the incident. While Junkei readied to declare war, Naoe and Yasuke fortunately retrieved the script, gave it to Junkei, and inferred that another party might be culpable. Thus, Junkei halted his command and still readied for the peace talks.<ref name="Temple Stories"/>

From their investigation, Naoe and Yasuke rescued Junkei's envoy at the [[Iron Ore Storage]] near [[Utano]], recovered and delivered the peace talks' invitation to Ayako at [[Kasuga-taisha|Kasugataisha Shrine]],<ref name="The Lost Envoys"">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' - [[The Lost Envoys]]</ref> and discovered and killed a double [[The Tsutsui Agent|agent]] working for a secret group, the [[Kurai Eikyou]], at Junkei's castle.<ref name="Kurai Eikyou">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' - [[Kurai Eikyou (memory)|Kurai Eikyou]]</ref>

At [[Kōfuku-ji|Kofukuji Temple]], Junkei attended the peace talks with Ayako while Joken Hokkyō continued to monitor the conversation. Within the tense talks, Hokkyō paused the discussion, leading both leaders to think that war was inevitable. Before they could continue, they witnessed a [[soldier]] fall to his death with a ''[[Arquebus|teppō]]'' in his hand. While both leaders accused each other, Yasuke halted their bickering and stated one of the three was behind the darkness befalling the land. However, influenced by Kojiro, Yasuke threw a ''[[tantō]]'' at the abbot, who caught it with ease and revealed his true nature as a member of the [[Shinbakufu]].<ref name="Darkness Falls">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Darkness Falls]]</ref>

When both leaders turned against the abbot, Hokkyō ordered his [[monk]]s and soldiers to kill them all and to bring the head of Yasuke to him. Although, Yasuke and the ''[[daimyō]]s''{{'}} soldiers fought together and defeated the abbot's warriors. Later, Naoe and Yasuke chased and confronted Joken Hokkyō, ultimately killing him in the process. With Hokkyō's death, a chance of peace between their clans was possible without the Shinbakufu's interference.<ref name="Darkness Falls"/>

===Later life and death===
Junkei was later contacted by [[Akechi Mitsuhide]] to join his cause, yet being wary, he later joined [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] after Mitsuhide's fall at the [[Battle of Yamazaki]]. In 1584, he later joined the {{Wiki|Battle of Komaki}} with Hideyoshi and defeated [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]'s forces. Yet, after the battle, he fell sick and ultimately succumbed to his illness. <ref name="DB"/>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''

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