Akechi Mitsuhide
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Akechi Mitsuhide, first called Jūbei from his clan and later Koretō Hyūga no Kami from his title, was a Japanese samurai general of the Sengoku period. Mitsuhide was originally a bodyguard of the last
Edo period painting of Akechi Mitsuhide.
Bronze statue of Akechi Mitsuhide
Location of the mountain where the Yakami Castle was located
Akechi Mitsuhide grave information plaque at Umemiyacho, Kyoto.
Oda Nobunaga
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Oda Nobunaga was a Japanese samurai and daimyō and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was the Tenka-bito and regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. He i
Akechi Mitsuhide
…Sengoku period. Mitsuhide was originally a bodyguard of the last Ashikaga shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiaki and later, one of the trusted generals under daimyō Oda Nobunaga during his war of political unification in Japan. Mitsuhide rebelled against Nobunaga for unknown reasons in the Honnō-ji Incident in 1582, forcing the…
Portrait of Oda Nobunaga (1583, in Chōkō-ji, Important Cultural Property)
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