There is news out there about an Edo Era document about the attack on the Honnoji. The three volume document Otoya no Kakimono complied by Sekiya Masaharu, who was a military scholar of the Kaga domain stated that Akechi Mitsuhide was not leading the attack on the Honnoji. In the first volume of document, Saito Toshimitsu (1534-82) along with Akechi Hidemitsu led the Akechi army to attack Nobunaga at the Honnoji. Mitsuhide? According to the document, he was almost five miles south near the Toba-Fushimi area. In a way, it make some sense to delegate authority and order a vassal to lead the attack.
I will in a week or so give you my opinion on this matter.
Nobunaga no tame!
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