After Mt. Hiei

 

After the siege of Mt. Hiei in 1571, Nobunaga gave orders to Kawajiri Hidetaka and Niwa Nagahide to wipe out the Takimiya.

The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga (p. 166)

"On the 21st of the Ninth Month, acting on Nobunaga's orders, Kawajiri Yohyoe and Niwa Gorozaemon invited Takimiya Ukyo no Suke and all prominent members of his family to Sawayama and killed them. The Takimiya put up a fight but were finished off without difficulty. The reason for this measure was that during last year's Noda and Fukushima campaign, the Takimiya had acted in concert with the Honganji in scheming to cause an uprising. Halfway through the campaign they had deserted their post at Kawaguchi, an outpost of Nobunaga's fort in Tenmangamori, and had gone over to the side of Ozaka."

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Okehazama Lecture in October

 October 7th, 2023, there will be a lecture on Okehazama and Nobunaga by local historian Seishiro Mizuno. I would love to participate and give my opinion. That being said, I was able to do that earlier this year while in Japan. To this day, there are many questions and theories that are not answered related to Nobunaga and Okehazama.

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Rekishidou Vol 29

 Volume 29 of the history magazine Rekishidou is out. The subject matter is about the methods of living during the Sengoku Era. This is includes the warrior class, farmers, merchants, ashigaru, and common soldiers. If you can pick up a copy, please do so. You will not be disappointed.

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Shobata Castle Video

 Here is a video by the Inazawa City Tourism Association on the subject of Shobata Castle. There is a lot of CGI in the video, but it will give the viewer a glimpse of what Shobata Castle might have been during the early years of the Oda family.

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2023 Azuchi Festival

 

The 2023 Azuchi Nobunaga Festival will be held on November 12th. Photo above provides the details.

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Yanada Masatsuna and Chado

 

It was wellknown that Yanada Masatsuna provided key intelligence to Nobunaga on the whereabouts of Imagawa Yoshimoto during the Battle of Okehazama. Nobunaga rewarded him with Kutsukake Castle and cash. That being said, there is little known about him after the battle. Here is some interesting information regarding Yanada Masatsuna. In 1573, he participated in a tea ceremony with Kawajiri Hidetaka, Ban Naomasa, with tea master Tsuda Sogyu.

Oda Nobunaga Kashin Jinmei Jiten (p. 507) by Taniguchi Katsuhiro 

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