Photos copyright from NHK with the exception of the photo of Shotokuji landmark
The photo above is the Shotokuji landmark. Dosan and Nobunaga met at Shotokuji in 1553.
Last night there was a major discovery of a document written by Saito Dosan (Nobunaga's father-in-law/Viper of Mino) in 1552, a year before the meeting at Shotokuji. The subject of the document is about Nobunaga. It shows that Dosan was concerned and cared for Nobunaga. In fact, there are very few documents remain written by Dosan. Also mentioning Nobunaga is rare. So this is a special document.
Since this document was written in 1552, Nobunaga was still young and was in the starting process of unifying Owari. Sure he had some shortcomings, but he was ready for it. When the two finally met in 1553 at Shotokuji, Dosan finally knew Nobunaga was no idiot and he was the chosen one to unify Japan.
Link: Https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240424/k10014431231000.html
Tenka no tame!
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