The Honnō-ji Incident was the assassination of Japanese daimyo Oda Nobunaga at Honnō-ji temple in Kyoto on 21 June 1582. Nobunaga was on the verge of unifying the country, but died in the unexpected rebellion of his vassal, Akechi Mitsuhide.
Incident at Honnō-ji, Meiji-era print
An ukiyo-e by Yoshitoshi depicting Nobunaga fighting in the Honnō-ji Incident.
Kada pass, believed to be passed by Ieyasu Tokugawa before reaching the allied Kōka ikki clans.
Oda Nobunaga was a Japanese 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.
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