Book Review

 Senkyo Zukai Nobunaga Senki

Author: Owada Tetsuo

Pages: 191

Publisher: Sanei

Year: 2019

I recently received Senkyo Zukai Nobunaga Senki in the mail last month and was blown away how the book was done.  This book by Owada Tetsuo has many maps, while basic, shows Nobunaga's troop movements in most or all of his battles.  While simple and basic, the book is rich in detail.  

Here is a list of first chapter:

Akazuka

Kaizu

Anjiki

Muraki

Nagarahara 

Ino

Ukino

Okehazama 

Kiyosu Domei

Inuyama 

That is just the first chapter.  Of course, major battles include Anegawa, Mt. Hiei, Mikatagahara, Fall of Shogun Yoshiaki, Fall of the Azai/Asakura, Nagashino, and Kizukawaguchi.

The book also has a map where Luis Frois arrived in Japan, Nobunaga time-line, Oda family tree, and bibliography.  To my surprise, it also has small footnotes.  There is only drawback, I have and that is the battles are just too brief.  Other than that the book is a gem.  Why?  The book is is to read, easy to understand, and useful for the newbie as well as the professional historian.

Tenka no tame!