Imperial Palace Repairs

 Nobunaga ordered Nichijo Shonin and Murai Minbu (Sadakatsu) to help repair the Imperial Palace in Kyoto in 1569.  It took about two years.

Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga (p. 132)

"The imperial palace was so dilapidated that it had lost its essential character, and Nobunaga ordered it to be repaired. Nichijo Shonin and Murai Minbu were put in charge of the project."

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Niwa Nagahide' Grave

 Located at Sokoji Temple in Fukui City, is the grave of one of Nobunaga's captains, Niwa Nagahide (1535-85). Nagahide was one of the original "Boys from Owari" and he served under Nobunaga at a young age.  He was the son of Niwa Nagamasa.  Nagahide was known to be a quiet, simple, and honest man.  He played a pivotal role during Nobunaga's conquest of Mino at the Battle of Dobora Castle in 1565.

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Dosan's Death

 4/20/1556 Nobunaga's father-in-law, Saito Dosan was killed at the Battle of Nagaragawa.  Dosan and Hirate Masahide were the only two people who knew Nobunaga's genius.  Unfortunately, both suffered tragic deaths before they saw Nobunaga in full glory.

I will post part of a passage from the Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga describing Dosan's death.

(pp.102-3)

"From Yoshitatsu's lines a single horseman, Nagaya Jin'emon, rode forward. And from among Yamashiro's men one mounted soldier, Shibata Kakunai, emerged to take on Nagaya.  Between the draw-up ranks of the two armies, these warriors dueled with life or death at stake, and Shibata Kakunai won, earning spectacular fame.  Then both sides charged, and a melee resulted. Sparks flew, blades splintered, sword guards were cleft in two; everywhere, men fought for all they were worth.  Nagai Chuzaemon took on Dosan, laid hold of him as he was raising his assault sword, and locked him embrace. Just when Nagai had almost succeeded in taking Yamashiro Dosan alive, Komaki Genta, a ferocious samurai, came running up, mowed down Dosan crosswise at the shins, and took his head as he fell prostate. Chuzaemo, keen to get some evidencefor later, sliced Dosan's nose and made off."

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Owada Tetsuo Okehazama Lecture Preview

 Here is Owada Tetsuo in a short video discussing his upcoming lecture on the Battle of Okehazama.

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Camp at Sumiyoshi

 This passage from the Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga is extremely short.  A sentence and that is it.  It takes place in 1575 before the Battle of Nagashino. Sumiyoshi is located around the Osaka area.

(p. 220)

"On the 12th of the Forth Month, Nobunaga moved his camp to Sumiyoshi."

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Oda Nobunaga no Kobunsho Review

 

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The above link is a review in Japanese Oda Nobunaga no Kobunsho.

The article explains in detail that book is expensive.  Which it is and I already bought my copy a few years ago.  Documents include Nobunaga's first signature as Fujiwara Nobunaga, the Samonji sword from the Battle of Okehazama, and the 17 Articles thrashing of Ashikaga Yoshiaki.  If you have the money, buy it.  It well worth the money.

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Nohime and Sakura

 Here is a beautiful picture of Nohime surrounded by cherry blossoms at Kiyosu Castle Park.  The statue of Nohime was erected in 1992 and the statue of Nobunaga close by in 1936.  As always Rumi Komonz's Kicho & Nobunaga is the best book so far in English on the life of Nohime.

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Cavalcade At Azuchi

 It was well known and written that in early 1581Nobunaga held a huge cavalcade in Kyoto.  That being said, Nobunaga held another one later that year in Azuchi.  It was a smaller scale, but just as successful.

Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga (p. 408)

"On the first day of the Eighth Month, Lord Nobunaga staged a cavalcade on horseback with the warriors of the Five Home Provinces and neighboring provinces who were in attendance at Azuchi. Nobunaga was dressed in white, wore a hat with his court robes, and sported chaps of tiger skin.  He rode a gray horse.  Lord Konoe as well as each member of the Oda family wore a white summer kimono as undergarment and over it either another summer kimono of raw silk or one dyed in a design of azalea flowers, with one sleeve hanging loosely down from the shoulder. Their formal trousers were made severally of brocade, damask, and embroidery or of material dusted with gold.  All participants wore hats, each to his own taste, and rode their horses in court robes.  Huge crowds watch the spectacle."

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Itsunoyakakimono

 Here is a book by Hakibara Daisuke on Mitsuhide's Honnoji Rebellion.  Using the text Itsunoyakakimono, the main theme is that Mitsuhide was not at the Honnoji personally. Most possible scenario is that Saito Toshimitsu and Akechi Hidemitsu led the attack.

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