Okehazama 1560

I thought I was going to be finished with my reediting of Okehazama 1560. I am still not done yet. The problem is grammar and some rewording. I also bought some books related to Oda Nobunaga and they are great. I will give you a brief summary of them later.


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More on sumo

Yasuhiro Nishigaya's Oda Nobunaga Jiten, pp. 69-71., has more information on Nobunaga and sumo. Also April 12, was the death of Takeda Shingen, the Mountain Monkey- Kai no Yama. April 12th, 1573.



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Nobunaga and Sumo

Good Morning friends! It was well known that Nobunaga loved sumo. He has a special place in sumo history. If you ever attended a sumo bout in Japan and near the end of the bout, a wrestler twirls a bow in the ring. Guess who started that the tradition? You guess it, Oda Nobunaga. He had to start the "Yumitori" in the 1570s. The photo above is a sumo ring monument in Azuchi. Nobunaga often had mock sumo bouts as a youth and enjoyed watching it as a form of relaxation.

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Okehazama 1560

I do apologize for not blogging more often. I am reediting my book, Okehazama 1560 at the moment. If everything plays out I should have it do in the middle of April.



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Ota Gyuuichi

Ota Gyuuichi was Oda Nobunaga's biographer. He was best known for writing the Shinchoo-Koo ki ( in (which consisted of 15 books). He was born in 1527 at Owari no kuni Kusagai Okori Yamada sho Ajiki. Gyuuichi was seven years older than Nobunaga. He first started as monk at Joukanji(Tendai sect) Temple in Owari, after he quit the monastery life he would serve under the Oda in the 1550s. Gyuuichi was skilled with the bow and was known for his merits in the Battle of Dobora in Mino in 1565. He would later serve under Hideyoshi after Nobunaga's death in 1582. He was also known as Izumi no Kami Gyuuichi and Ota Matasuke Gyuuichi as well.


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Nobunaga no Sensoo

Good Afternoon my friends! I have recently bought Fujimoto Masayuki's book, Nobunaga no Sensoo. It explains battles such as Okehazama, Mino, Anegawa, Nagashino, Ishiyama Honganji, and the Honnoji Incident. So far the book is decent. It was published in 2003 and of course, it is written in Japanese. In March I am thinking of giving a brief blog on Ota Gyuuichi, Nobunaga's biographer.




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Kayatsu 1552

Four months after Nobunaga's victory at Akatuska, another battle took place against the Oda Kiyosu branch. The result of the battle gave Nobunaga a huge advantage over his clan rivals. The incident started when Sakai Daizen and his brother Sakai Jinsuke attacked and took over Matsuba and Fukata Castles. They took hostages Oda Iga no Kami and Oda Nobutsugu. Hearing this betrayal, Nobunaga prepared for war and left Nagoya Castle on August 16th. The army marched to Inabachi Castle, crossing the Shonai and Shingawa River. Nobunaga had some help from his uncle, Oda Nobumitsu, lord of Moriyama Castle. Fighting was heavy and started in the early morning and ended around noon. Many of the Kiyosu faction were killed, including Sakai Jinsuke and Kurobe Gensuke. After the battle, Nobunaga and Nobumitsu went to Daimonsaki Castle to retake Matsuba and Fukata. This was a huge blow to the Kiyosu faction which they never fully recovered. They were weakened to the point where Nobunaga can attack at will. It would be only three years later when Nobunaga occupied Kiyosu Castle for himself. Slowly, the fool would be the complete ruler of Owari.


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