Honnō-ji Incident
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The Honnō-ji Incident was the attempted assassination of Japanese daimyo Oda Nobunaga at Honnō-ji in Kyoto in 1582. Nobunaga was on the verge of unifying the country, but died by seppuku in the unexpe
Incident at Honnō-ji, Meiji-era print
An ukiyo-e by Yoshitoshi depicting Nobunaga fighting in the Honnō-ji Incident.
Kada Pass is believed to be the road that was taken by Ieyasu Tokugawa to return to Mikawa province.
Yasuke
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Yasuke was a samurai of African origin who served Oda Nobunaga between 1581 and 1582, during the Sengoku period, until Nobunaga's death.
Honnō-ji Incident
…Toshimitsu Shiōden Masataka Yasuda Kunitsugu Oda Nobunaga ‡‡ Oda Nagamasu Oda Nobutada ‡‡ Oda Katsunaga † Mori Ranmaru † Murai Sadakatsu † Maeda Gen'i Yasuke Strength 13,000 70 Casualties and losses Unknown, presumably minimal Oda Nobunaga, Mori Ranmaru, Oda Nobutada, and many others An ukiyo-e by Yoshitoshi…
Rimpa-style suzuri-bako (detail) from 1590s possibly depicting Yasuke
Oda Nobunaga, late 16th-century depiction
Alessandro Valignano, late 16th-century depiction
Detail from the Sumō Yūrakuzu Byōbu, drawn in 1605. It has been suggested that the dark-skinned man on the left is Yasuke.