Oda Nobunaga
Senior First Rank Oda Nobunaga | |
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織田 信長 | |
Portrait of Oda Nobunaga (1583, in Chōkō-ji, Important Cultural Property) | |
| Minister of the Right (Udaijin) | |
| In office 1577[1][2] – 1578[1][2] Posthumous promotion to Chancellor of the Realm (Daijō-daijin) in 1582.[3] | |
| Monarch | Emperor Ōgimachi |
| Head of Oda clan | |
| In office 1551–1582 | |
| Preceded by | Oda Nobuhide |
| Succeeded by | Oda Hidenobu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kippōshi 23 June 1534 Nagoya, Owari, Japan |
| Died | 21 June 1582 (aged 47) Honnō-ji, Kyoto, Japan |
| Spouse | Nōhime |
| Domestic partner | Kitsuno (concubine) |
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| Relatives | Lady Otsuya (aunt) Saitō Dōsan (father-in-law) Oichi (sister) Azai Nagamasa (brother-in-law) Shibata Katsuie (brother-in-law) Oda Nobuhiro (brother) Oda Nobuyuki (brother) Oda Nobukane (brother) Oda Nagamasu (brother) Oda Nobuharu (brother) Oda Nobutoki (brother) Oda Hidetaka (brother) Chacha (niece) Ohatsu (niece) Oeyo (niece) Ashikaga Yoshiaki (adopted son) |
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| Nickname(s) | "Fool of Owari" "Demon Daimyō" "Demon King of the Sixth Heaven" "Dairokuten no Maō Nobunaga" |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Oda clan Imperial Court |
| Rank | Daimyō, Dainagon, Udaijin, Daijō-daijin (posthumous promotion) |
| Commands | Azuchi Castle |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Akatsuka Battle of Muraki Battle of Kiyosu Battle of Inō Battle of Ukino Battle of Okehazama Mino Campaign Omi Campaign Siege of Kanegasaki Battle of Anegawa Ishiyama Hongan-ji War Siege of Nagashima Siege of Mount Hiei Siege of Hikida Castle Siege of Ichijodani Siege of Odani Battle of Nagashino Battle of Tedorigawa Tenshō Iga War Honnō-ji Incident see below |
Oda Nobunaga (織田 信長; [o.da (|) no.bɯ(ꜜ).na.ɡa, -na.ŋa] ⓘ;[4][5] 23 June 1534 – 21 June 1582) was a Japanese daimyō and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was the Tenka-bito (天下人; lit. 'person under heaven')[a] and regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. He is sometimes referred as the "Demon Daimyō" and "Demon King of the Sixth Heaven".
Nobunaga was an influential figure in Japanese history and is regarded as one of the three great unifiers of Japan, along with his retainers, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Nobunaga paved the way for the successful reigns of Hideyoshi and Ieyasu by consolidating power, as head of the very powerful Oda clan, through a series of wars against other daimyō beginning in the 1560s. The period when Nobunaga and Hideyoshi were in power is called the Azuchi–Momoyama period. The name "Azuchi–Momoyama" comes from the fact that Nobunaga's castle, Azuchi Castle, was located in Azuchi, Shiga; while Fushimi Castle, where Hideyoshi lived after his retirement, was located in Momoyama.[7]
Nobunaga emerged as the most powerful daimyō, overthrowing the nominally ruling shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki and dissolving the Ashikaga Shogunate in 1573. He conquered most of Honshu by 1580, and defeated the Ikkō-ikki in the 1580s. Nobunaga's rule was noted for innovative military tactics, fostering of free trade, reforms of Japan's civil government, and the start of the Momoyama historical art period, but also for the brutal suppression of those who refused to cooperate or yield to his demands.
Nobunaga committed seppuku during the Honnō-ji Incident in 1582, when his retainer Akechi Mitsuhide ambushed and trapped him in a temple in Kyoto. Nobunaga was succeeded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who along with Tokugawa Ieyasu completed his campaign of national unification shortly afterward.
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