Oda Nobumitsu's Grave

 

Oda (Tsuda) Nobumitsu's grave is located at Ryounji Temple near the Shonai River in the Nagoya City area. In the last post I mentioned Nobumitsu's residence was at Inabaji Castle. Here is a description of his death in The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga (p.75)

"On the 26th of the Eleventh Month that same year, Lord Magosaburo died in a unforseen incident. 'This is the direct punishment for his perjury,' people said. `The Way of Heaven is terrible!' To be sure, the end result was consequent with Lord Kazua no Suke's good fortune."

Nobumitsu was assassinated by Sakai Magohachiro, one of his retainers.

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Inabaji Castle

Inabaji Castle was the headquarters of Nobunaga's uncle Oda (Tsuda) Nobumitsu. The castle was measured approximately 239 feet east to west and 335 feet north to south.  Nobumitsu participated in the Battle of Muraki in 1554, attacking the west side. He was also known as Bungo no Kami and Magosaburo. Unfortunately, there is no actual date when Inabaji was constructed. Inabaji is a short walk to Ryounji near the Shonai River where Nobunaga learned calligraphy. Nobumitsu's grave is also located at Ryounji.

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Hoshuji

 

Modern day Hoshuji is located in Hekinan City. Before Hoshuji, area was known as Ohamaha Castle. The lord was Osada Shigemoto (1504-93). The area around Hoshuji is Nobunaga's Baptism of Fire Kira Ohama (1547). Nobunaga engaged Osada according to the signboard burned Gokurakuji. Shigemoto had a son named Nagai Naokatsu (1563-1626) was born at Ohamaha/Hoshuji. He was probably known as the person who killed Nobunaga's half-brother Ikeda Tsuneoki (1536-84) at the Battle of Komaki/Nagakute 1584.

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Rakuchu Rakugai Replica

 If you ever visited Gifu City Museum of History, you have probably visited the Sengoku Warland on the second floor. It is probably one of the best replicas of a Sengoku village besides Ichijodani (Asakura clan) located in Fukui. If you noticed closely at noren (shop curtain) they represent the ones in the famous byobu Rakuchu Rakugai (folding screen) painted by Kano Eitoku (1543-90). Actually Nobunaga aquired the Rakuchu Rakugai probably in the late 1560s. He later gave the folding screen as a present to Uesugi Kenshin (1530-78) of Echigo in 1574. 

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Shomyoji

Earlier this year I was able to visit Nobunaga's Baptism of Fire, Kira Ohama (battle took place in 1547) and Shomyoji located south of Nobunaga's Baptism of Fire in Hekinan City. Shomyoji is the origin of Tokugawa Ieyasu's birth name Takechiyo. Ieyasu's father, Matsudaira Hirotada wrote a renga poem creating the name Takechiyo in 1543.

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Moriyama Lecture

 

Local Battle of Okehazama historian Seishiro Mizuno will hold another Nobunaga lecture in late June. The lecture will take place on June 30th at Shidami Library starting at 2:00 pm. The subject matter will be about Nobunaga and Moriyama (Nagoya area), as well as the Battle of Okehazama.

Also today is Honnoji Day. One must remember if Mitsuhide was not hired by Nobunaga, he would still have been a useless ronin. 

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Ujiie Naomoto's Death

 

Ujiie Naomoto (Bokuzen) ?-1571 was the lord of Ogaki Castle. He served under the Toki, Saito, and Oda families. Also he was part of the Mino Big Three. In 1571, he was killed in action fighting the confederates at Nagashima.

The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga (p. 163)

"On the 16th of the Fifth Month, Nobunaga set fire to various localities and settlements in the area and began to withdrawal his army. At this point, the [Ikko] confederates of Nagashima moved into the mountains and occupied a blocking position where the large river on the right and the mountain on the left formed a natural barrier. The path below the cliff was passable at best in a single file. The confederates posted their archers and harquebusiers up front. All at once, they all attacked. Shibata Shuri, commanding the rear guard, sized up the situation and took on the onslaught. A fierce battle ensued, and Shibata withdrew, having been slightly wounded. In the second encounter, Ujiie Bokuzen engage the enemy in battle. Bokuzen was killed, and many of his vassals died with him."

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