Oda Nobunaga
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Oda.
Oda Nobunaga (織田 信長) (23 June 1534 – 21 June 1582) was a Japanese daimyo. Son of Oda Nobuhide. He was born in Owari Province, he succeeded to daimyo in 1551, he defeated his brother Oda Nobuyuki, Shiba Clan to stable his strength. In 1560, he defeated the strongest daimyo Imagawa Yoshimoto and became famous.
In 1567, he defeated Saitō Clan, changed the name Inabayama Castle to Gifu, later his army went to Kyoto and control the emperor and Ashikaga Shogunate.
But the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki plot to make a campaign to against Oda, Nobunaga still defeated them among 10 years, ended the shogunate, and controlled 20 provinces in central Japan.
When he try to conquer Japan, his officer Akechi Mitsuhide killed him at a temple named Honnō-ji. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a follower of Nobunaga.
Oda Nobunaga Media
Oda clan mon (Japanese emblem)
Portrait of Oda Nobunaga in colour on silk (1583, in Kobe City Museum, Important Cultural Property)
Site of Nagoya Castle (那古野城跡)
Statue of Oda Nobunaga at Kiyosu Castle
Nobunaga's Tenka Fubu seal
Ukiyo-e of Oda Nobunaga by Kuniyoshi Utagawa
Oda Nobunaga's armour
Battle of Nagashino in 1575
Azuchi-jō-zu, a drawing of the Azuchi castle
Locations related to the Sengoku era Tensho Iga no Ran.
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