Oda–Tokugawa forcesOda
Oda Nobunaga
織田信長
“Demon King of the Sixth Heaven”
1534–1582 (aged 49)
- Rank / office
- Minister of the Right / Danjō-no-jō
- Domain / base
- Owari → the Kinai
- Banner / crest
- Oda quince
- Battles in 3D
- 4 battles
Portrait · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
Fifty years of a human life: set against the heavens, they are but a dream, an illusion.
The kōwaka dance "Atsumori" (his favourite)
The young lord of Owari, mocked as a fool, made his name throughout the land by killing Imagawa Yoshimoto at Okehazama. Massed arquebuses, free markets, promotion on merit: he overturned convention after convention and conquered the Kinai under the banner of "rule the realm by force." He did not shrink from ferocious measures such as the burning of Mount Hiei, and on the brink of unification was killed by his retainer Mitsuhide at Honnō-ji.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1560Eiroku 3
Okehazama
Surprised and killed Imagawa Yoshimoto with a small force.
Battle of Okehazama Commander-in-chief 2,000 troops Watch in 3D › Left Kiyosu with a mere 2,000, skirted the hills under cover of the downpour and carried off the surprise attack on Yoshimoto's headquarters, making his name throughout the land. - 1570
Battle of Anegawa
Led the main force from the siege of Yokoyama Castle to the Anegawa. Eleven of his ranks were broken by the Azai assault, but he stood firm and pushed them back.
Anegawa River, Ōmi Province Commander-in-chief 5,000 troops Watch in 3D › - 1573Tenshō 1
End of the Muromachi Shogunate
Drove the shogun Yoshiaki out of Kyoto, ending the Ashikaga shogunate in all but name.
- 1575Tenshō 3
Battle of Nagashino
Broke Takeda Katsuyori's cavalry with palisades and massed arquebuses.
Battle of Nagashino Commander-in-chief 10,000 troops Watch in 3D › Commander of the allied army, who prepared three thousand arquebuses (by the traditional count) and a triple palisade and lured the Takeda onto Shitaragahara. - 1582Tenshō 10
The Honnō-ji Incident
On the brink of unification, he fell to Akechi Mitsuhide's treason at Honnō-ji in Kyoto.
Honnō-ji Incident Commander-in-chief 150 troops Watch in 3D › The innovator on the brink of unifying Japan. Caught at Honnō-ji with a small escort, he fought with bow and spear himself and took his own life in the flames.
