Oda Nobunaga
The first Great Unifier of Japan
Oda Nobunaga, born on 23 June 1534 in Nagoya, Owari Province, was the heir of Oda Nobuhide.[1] The Azuchi–Momoyama period is the name given to the era when Nobunaga and Hideyoshi held power.[2]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Kippōshi
- Born
- 23 June 1534
- Died
- 21 June 1582
- Birthplace
- Nagoya, Owari, Japan
- Place of death
- Honnō-ji, Kyoto, Japan
- Mother
- Tsuchida Gozen
- Children
- Oda Nobutada
- Oda Nobukatsu
- Oda Nobutaka
- Oda Hidekatsu
- Oda Katsunaga
- Tokuhime
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Nobunaga was the heir of Oda Nobuhide, head of the powerful Oda clan, and his lawful wife Dota Gozen.[1] In 1548 or 1549, Nobuhide arranged a political marriage between Nobunaga and Nōhime, daughter of Saitō Dōsan.[3] After his father died in 1551, Nobunaga faced a succession crisis and opposition from within the Oda clan.[4] He formed an alliance with Matsudaira Motoyasu (later Tokugawa Ieyasu) in 1561.[5]
Nobunaga destroyed the Azai and Asakura clans in 1573, driving their leaders to suicide.[5] Between ages 13 and 18, Nobunaga engaged in hunting, riding, archery, and arquebus shooting, and his eccentric conduct earned him the nickname "The Fool of Owari".[6] In 1560, Imagawa Yoshimoto led an army of 25,000 men toward Kyoto; during the campaign, Yoshimoto was killed by two Oda samurai.[7][8]
References
- Wikipedia, "Oda Nobunaga" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jansen, Marius (2000). The Making of Modern Japan, p. 11. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Oda Nobunaga" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kotobank (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Oda Nobunaga" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Turnbull, "Battles of the Samurai", Arms and Armour Press, 1987, p. 37 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Oda Nobunaga" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Okanoya, "Meishōgenkōroku", 2007 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Oda Nobunaga" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sansom, "A History of Japan, 1334–1615", Stanford University Press, 1961, p. 276; Turnbull, "The Samurai: A Military History", MacMillan Publishing Co., 1977, p. 144 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Oda Nobunaga" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Chaplin, "Sengoku Jidai. Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu : three unifiers of Japan", 2018, p. 55–63; Ōta, "The chronicle of Lord Nobunaga", Brill, 2011, p. 64–66 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Oda Nobunaga" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Takeuchi, Rizō (1985). Nihonshi shōjiten, p. 233. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Oda Nobunaga" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Seal, "Oda Nobunaga"; Sato, "Legends of the Samurai", Overlook Duckworth, 1995, p. 234–37 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
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