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[[Image:Oda_nobunaga.jpg|thumb|right|Oda Nobunaga.]]
* ''Born: [[1534]]''
* ''Died: [[1582]]''
* ''Titles: Owari no kami, Kazusa no suke, Kugyô (1573), Gon-dainagon, Ukon’e taishô (1574), Udaijin (1576)''
* ''Other Names: Tenka dono (Lord of the Realm, or Hegemon)''
* ''[[Yomei|Yômei]]: Kipposhi''
* ''Japanese'': [[織田]] 信長 ''(Oda Nobunaga)''
Oda Nobunaga was the first of the great Three Unifiers who rose to power in the late [[Sengoku Period]], uniting much of Japan under his rule, and setting the stage for the eventual end of the wars and chaos which had dominated the archipelago for more than 100 years.
Nobunaga is known for numerous military, political, economic, and cultural activities, accomplishments and innovations, including his innovative use of [[teppo|firearms]] and victory at the [[battle of Nagashino]] in [[1575]]; his abolition of guilds and customs barriers, leading to significant economic integration;<ref>[[Albert M. Craig]], ''The Heritage of Japanese Civilization'', Second Edition, Prentice Hall (2011), 63.</ref> and the construction of [[Azuchi castle]], the model for Japanese [[castles]] in the mode most well-known today.
His death in [[1582]] in the [[Honnoji Incident]] led to his retainer [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] rising to power as hegemon over the archipelago.
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==The Oda of Owari, 1534-1559==
==The Oda of Owari, 1534-1559==
Nobunaga was born Oda Kipposhi, the second son of [[Oda Nobuhide]] ([[1508]]? –[[1549]]), a minor lord whose family once served the [[Shiba clan|Shiba]] shugo. Nobuhide was a skilled warrior, and spent much of his time fighting the samurai of [[Mikawa province|Mikawa]] and [[Mino province|Mino]]. He also had enemies closer to home - the Oda were divided into two separate camps, with both vying for control of [[Owari province|Owari's]] eight districts. Nobuhide's branch, of which he was one of three elders, was based at [[Kiyosu castle]]. The rival branch was to the north, in [[Iwakura castle]].
Nobunaga was born Oda Kipposhi, the second son of [[Oda Nobuhide]] ([[1508]]? –[[1549]]), a minor lord whose family once served the [[Shiba clan|Shiba]] shugo. Nobuhide was a skilled warrior, and spent much of his time fighting the samurai of [[Mikawa province|Mikawa]] and [[Mino province|Mino]]. He also had enemies closer to home - the Oda were divided into two separate camps, with both vying for control of [[Owari province|Owari's]] eight districts. Nobuhide's branch, of which he was one of three elders, was based at [[Kiyosu castle]]. The rival branch was to the north, in [[Iwakura castle]].
==References==
==References==
* Initial text from [http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com] FWSeal, 2005
* Initial text from [http://www.samurai-archives.com Samurai-Archives.com] FWSeal, 2005
*Baxter, James C. and Joshua A. Fogel, ed. Paul Varley 'Oda Nobunaga, Guns, and Early Modern Warfare' ''Writing Histories In Japan'' International Research Center for Japanese Studies Kyoto 2007
*Baxter, James C. and Joshua A. Fogel, ed. Paul Varley 'Oda Nobunaga, Guns, and Early Modern Warfare' ''Writing Histories In Japan'' International Research Center for Japanese Studies Kyoto 2007
*Cooper, Michael ''They Came To Japan'' University of California 1981
*Cooper, Michael ''They Came To Japan'' University of California 1981
*Rekishi Gunzô Shirizu ''Oda Nobunaga'' Gakken 1996
*Wakita Osamu ''The Emergence of the State in Sixteenth-Century Japan: From Oda to Tokugawa'' Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol 8 No 2, 1982
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