Nobunaga Well

 There is a well near Inuyama Castle (Aichi Prefecture) that Nobunaga frequently used.  The well water still flows to this day, but it is prohibited to visitors.  Nobunaga used this well to quench his thirst while visiting Inuyama.

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Odaka Castle Tour

 There will be a walking tour regarding Odaka Castle in early October.  For those who are interested in the Battle of Okehazama, the tour will include Odaka Castle, Fort Washizu, and Fort Marune.

Https://awc.nagoya/tour/entry18.html 

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Sumo referees

 

A month or two ago I posted a video on Nobunaga and sumo.  I will post the two referees from the sumo tournament held in summer of 1578.

Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga (pp. 291-2).

"Tiger, Eighth Month, 15th day: Nobunaga summoned fifteen hundred sumo wrestlers, beginning with men from all over Omi Province and Kyoto, to Mount Azuchi, where he watched them compete from the Hour of the Dragon (around 8 a.m.) until the Hour of the Bird (around 6 p.m.) The following  were his sumo commissioners: Tsuda Shichibyoe Nobuzumi, Hori Kyutaro, Manami Senchiyo, Murai Sakuemon (Sadanari), Kimura Gengo, Aoji Yoemon, Goto Kisaburo, Fuse Tokuro, Gamo Chuzaburo, Nagata Gyobu no Sho, and Atsuji Magogoro.

The referees were Kinose Zoshun'an and Kinose Tarodayu."

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Assault on Mt. Mitsukuri

 Normally I usually do not post much on Nobunaga's conquest of Omi, but this short video from King of Zipangu does a good job explaining it. In 1568, Nobunaga attacked southern Omi.  Rokkaku Jotei was in command of Kannonji Castle.

Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga (p. 120) "On the 11th, Nobunaga  set up a field camp by the Echi River and conducted  a reconnaissance  on horseback. He decided to bypass the enemy's  minor forts and assault  Kannonji and Mount Mitsukuri, the strongholds held by Sasaki himself and his two sons ( Yoshiharu and Katanaga).  This operation began

On the 12th, when Nobunaga ordered Sakuma Uemon, Kinoshita Tokichiro, Niwa Gorozaemon,  and Azai Shinpachi (Masazumi) to storm the fortress of Mount Mitsukuri.  The battle lasted from the Hour of the Monkey (about 4 p.m.) into the night,  when the castle fell."

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