Today, June 2nd, Nobunaga became a martyr for Japan and its people. Let's face it. Akechi Mitsuhide was a talented man, but in the end he was nothing more than a disgruntled employee. Mitsuhide would have been a nobody if Nobunaga did not hire him. Yes, he was an outsider, but Nobunaga knew the risks. If he wanted to unite Japan, risks has to be taken. Lamers summed it best in his book Japonius Tyrannus (p. 52),
"Nobunaga's entourage, from Hashiba Hideyoshi to Akechi Mitsuhide, owed their entire careers and everything that they acquired in the course of their careers to Nobunaga, their overlord."
Nobunaga no tame!
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