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Oda Nobunaga (織田 信長, [oda nobɯ (ꜜ)naɡa] ⓘ; 23 June 1534 – 21 June 1582) was a Japanese daimyō and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was the Tenka-bito (天下人, lit. 'person under heaven') [a] and regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan.
Jun 17, 2024 · Oda Nobunaga (born 1534, Owari province, Japan—died June 21, 1582, Kyōto) was a Japanese warrior and government official who overthrew the Ashikaga (or Muromachi) shogunate (1338–1573) and ended a long period of feudal wars by unifying half of the provinces in Japan under his rule.
Jun 9, 2019 · Oda Nobunaga was the foremost military leader of Japan from 1568 to 1582. Nobunaga, along with his two immediate successors, Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) and Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616), is credited with unifying medieval Japan in the second half of the 16th century.
By 1582, Oda Nobunaga was the most powerful daimyo in Japan and was continuing a sustained campaign of unification in the face of the ongoing political upheaval that characterized Japanese history during the Sengoku period.
Jan 8, 2020 · Warlord Oda Nobunaga came close to unifying the fractured state of Japan in the sixteenth century, but a sudden betrayal prevented him from finishing the task.
Oda Nobunaga , (born 1534, Owari province, Japan—died June 21, 1582, Kyōto), With Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, one of the three unifiers of premodern Japan. He brought the domain of his birth, Owari, under his control and followed that success by defeating the huge forces of a neighbouring daimyo .
Sep 29, 2019 · Oda Nobunaga was the first of the great Three Unifiers who rose to power in the late Sengoku Period, uniting much of Japan under his rule, and setting the stage for the eventual end of the wars and chaos which had dominated the archipelago for more than 100 years.
Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582), a key figure in Japanese history, initiated Japan's unification during the late Sengoku period. Born into the Oda clan in Owari Province, Nobunaga gained prominence through his military skill, strategic alliances, and groundbreaking warfare tactics.
By Vince Hawkins. By the time of his death in 1582, he controlled 30 of Japan’s 68 provinces, was the commander of the greatest samurai army in his country’s history, and had earned the distinction of being the first of the three great unifiers of Japan. Imbued with a driving ambition, he was ruthless and cruel, often to friends and foes alike.
Oda Nobunaga (織田 信長; original name Kichihoshi, later Saburo) (June 23, 1534 – June 21, 1582) was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history, and one of the three great founders of the united Tokugawa shogunate.
