Oda Nobunaga was born on 23 June 1534 in Nagoya, Owari Province, and was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, the head of the powerful Oda clan and a deputy shugo (military governor), and his wife Dota Gozen. … 查看更多內容

Conflict with Asakura, Ashikaga and Azai
After installing Yoshiaki as shogun, Nobunaga had evidently pressed Yoshiaki to request all the local daimyō to come to Kyoto and attend a certain banquet. Asakura Yoshikage, head of the Asakura clan and … 查看更多內容

The goal of national unification and a return to the comparative political stability of the earlier Muromachi period was widely shared by the multitude of autonomous daimyō during … 查看更多內容

Succession crisis
In 1551, Oda Nobuhide died unexpectedly. It has been said that Nobunaga acted outrageously … 查看更多內容

Conflict with Imagawa
Imagawa Yoshimoto was a long-time opponent of Nobunaga's father, and had sought to expand his domain into Oda territory in 查看更多內容

By 1582, Nobunaga was at the height of his power and, as the most powerful warlord, the de facto leader of Japan. Oda Nobunaga and 查看更多內容

Military
Militarily, Nobunaga changed the way of war was fought in Japan. His tanegashima gunners and spear-wielding foot soldiers (who used … 查看更多內容