2023 Gifu Nobunaga Matsuri

 The 2023 Gifu Nobunaga Matsuri will be held on November 4/5. This is one of the best Nobunaga festivals in Japan. A must see.

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Accident at the Nagoya Matsuri

 

Unfortunately there was an accident at the 2023 Nagoya Matsuri. The person who portrayed Nobunaga in the festival, fell off the horse.

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2023 Nagoya Matsuri

 

The Nagoya Matsuri will be held on October 21/22. This festival celebrates the big three Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu who unified Japan.

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Special Exhibition

 There will be a special exhibition at the Gifu Museum of History. The exhibition will be about Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, Ieyasu, and Gifu. It will be held on October 7th to November 19th. This is a rare event. If you can attend, by all means go.

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Shibata Katsuie and Chokoji

 In 1570 Nobunaga placed Shibata Katsuie at Chokoji.

The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga (p. 144)

"In Chokoji, Shibata Shuri no Suke was appointed castellan."

Soon after Katsuie was appointed to Chokoji, the Rokkaku attacked it. Katsuie was outnumbered. That being said, he was not going to surrender. The Rokkaku cut off the water supply, but it did not bother Katsuie at all. It was said that he smashed the remaining water jars and attacked the Rokkaku army. It worked. The Rokkaku were defeated and the siege was lifted.

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Endo Naotsune

 Endo Naotsune (1531-70) served under Azai Nagamasa. He was opposed to the marriage between Nagamasa and Nobunaga's sister Oichi. During the Battle of Anegawa 1570, he attacked Nobunaga's headquarters, but he was killed and his head was taken by Takenaka Kyusaku Shigenori. He was the younger brother of Takenaka Hanbei.

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