Oda Nobunaga
Daimyo, Politician
1534 – 1582
Who was Oda Nobunaga?
Oda Nobunaga was the initiator of the unification of Japan under the shogunate in the late 16th century, which ruled Japan until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was also a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. His work was continued, completed and finalized by his successors Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy shugo with land holdings in Owari Province. Nobunaga lived a life of continuous military conquest, eventually conquering a third of Japan before his death in 1582. His successor, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a loyal Oda supporter, would become the first man to unify all of Japan, and was thus the first ruler of all Japan since the Ōnin War.
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- Born
- Jun 23, 1534
Nagoya Castle - Also known as
- Kippōshi
- 吉法師
- 織田 信長
- Owari no Ōutsuke
- 尾張の大うつけ
- The Fool of Owari
- おだ のぶなが
- 三郎
- 上総守
- 上総介
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- Japan
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 21, 1582
Honnō-ji
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on July 23, 2013
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