When Nobunaga departed Kiyosu Castle during the Battle of Okehazama, he only had a few hundred men with him at the time. Five pages were with him. They were Iwamuro Nagato no Kami, Hasegawa Kyosuke, Sasaki Tohachi, Yamaguchi Hida no Kami, and Kato Yasaburo. According to Oze Hoan's Shinchoki, Oda Miki no Jo, Kawajiri Hidetaka, Sassa Uchi no Suke, and Yanada Masatsuna was with Nobunaga when he left for the front. The person who stands out is Yanada Masatsuna because he provided Nobunaga with key intelligence on Yoshimoto's whereabouts. The question is and still is a mystery to this day, was Masatsuna with Nobunaga when he left Kiyosu Castle early in the morning on May 19th, 1560? No. He was not with Nobunaga when he left for the front. Masatsuna was probably with The Men of the Fields gathering last minute intelligence for Nobunaga. The others? Who knows as it is still debated to this day.
Tenka no tame!
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