Tenka no tame!
"On the 2nd of the Tenth Month, Nobunaga attacked the residential castle of Chikugo (Ikeda Kasamatsu) in Ikeda. Holding some troops in reserve on the high ground north of the castle, Nobunaga observed the battle. Among the retainers of Mizuno Kingo was a famous warrior named Kajikawa Heizaemon. Among Nobunaga's horse guards were Uozumi Hayato and Yamada Hanbyoe, who had also gained fame as men accomplished at the profession of Arms. Each striving to be the first, they broke through the outer bulwarks and fought man to man for awhile until Kajikawa Heizaemon was struck through hip-bone, retreated, and died a battlefield death."
Nobunaga no tame!
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Warlords, Artists, and Commoners Japan in the Sixteenth Century. Edited by George Elison and Bardwell L. Smith. The Culture of Tea: From Its Origins to Sen no Rikyu H. Paul Varley and George Elison (p. 214)
"Rikyu, whose family was in the warehousing business, did not--so far as we know-play a significant role during the time when Nobunaga forced Sakai into his sphere of influence. It is not even clear when and under what circumstances Rikyu and Nobunaga and entered his service. But by about 1573, the year Nobunaga chased the last Ashikaga shogun, Yoshiaki, out of Kyoto and thereby put an end to the Muromachi bakufu, Rikyu had become, along with Sokyu and Sogyu, one of Nobunaga's--and therefore the country's--leading tea masters. Proof of the prominence Rikyu had achieved by the mid-1570s may observed in the fact that he was selected to serve tea at a party for seventeen connoisseurs (sukisha) from Kyoto and Sakai which Nobunaga held at the Myokakuji in 1575, right after his return to the capital from the victorious campaign against the True Pure Land sector in Echizen. The record states unequivocally that Rikyu was the master of ceremonies--sado wa Rikyu. For Rikyu this association meant fame and fortune, and for Nobunaga it brought qualification as a man of culture."
I have written about the 1575 Myokakuji tea ceremony in the past. I drank tea there as well. The Honnoji Museum in Kyoto houses several of Nobunaga's tea utensils.
As for Warlords, Artists, and Commoners Japan in the Sixteenth Century, I highly recommend the book. It is a must read.
Nobunaga no tame!
"Nobunaga had large rocks hauled down from Mount Kannonji, Mount Chomeiji, Mount Chokoji, Mount Iba, and so forth. Each rock was transported up Mount Azuchi by as many men as it took--one thousand, or two or three. The quarry masters were Nishio Kozaemon (Yoshitsugu), Ozawa Rokurosaburo, Yoshida Heinai, and Onishi.
These men selected large stones for transportation, while rejecting the smaller ones. Tsudo Bo moved a great boulder as far as the foot of Mount Azuchi, but this rock, widely known as the Jaishi (Serpent's Stone) was so enormous that he could not get it up the mountain. That being the case, Hasiba Chikuzen, Takikawa Sakon, and Korezumi Gorozaemon came to Tsuda's aid with more than ten thousand men. It took them three days and three nights to haul the Jaishi up the mountain. Thanks to Lord Nobunaga's ingenuity, building materials were brought up to the donjon with greatest of ease. Mountains and valleys were the scene of continuous activity by day and by night."
Tenka no tame!
