Friday, August 1, 2025

Shot at Tennoji I


 Here is an old black and white photo of Tennoji located in Osaka. Tennoji was not from from the Ishiyama Honganji. Nobunaga nearly had a ten year holy war against the Honganji. I have personally visited Tennoji myself a few years ago. In this passage, Nobunaga is wounded by matchlock rifle bullet in 1576.

The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga (pp. 251-252)

" Having made these dispositions, Nobunaga rode up and down amidst his attacking light infantry, barking orders left and right. He was wounded slightly when a harquebus bullet hit his leg. But the Way of Heaven watched over Nobunaga, and he came to no harm."


Tenka no tame!

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