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[[Image:Oda_nobunaga.jpg|thumb|right|Oda Nobunaga.]]
Nobunaga was born Oda Kipposhi, the second son of [[Oda Nobuhide]] ([[1508]]? –[[1549]]), a minor lord whose family once served the [[Shiba Province|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 Province|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]].
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[[Image:Nagashino.jpg|thumb|left|The Battle of Nagashino. (1575)]]
The loss of Shingen in 1573 had ostensibly only slowed the Takeda war machine. The following year [[Takeda Katsuyori]], Shingen's heir, pulled off a strategic coup with the capture of [[Taketenjin Castle]] in Totomi. Tokugawa Ieyasu, whose efforts to relieve Taketenjin failed, had his hands full with Katsuyori; while not the ruler his father had been, Katsuyori was brave and was not lacking in aggression. Combined with the skilled Takeda army and the late Shingen's experienced cadre of captains, Katsuyori's indomitable spirit made him a formidable foe.
The loss of Shingen in 1573 had ostensibly only slowed the Takeda war machine. The following year [[Takeda Katsuyori]], Shingen's heir, pulled off a strategic coup with the capture of [[Taketenjin Castle]] in Totomi. Tokugawa Ieyasu, whose efforts to relieve Taketenjin failed, had his hands full with Katsuyori; while not the ruler his father had been, Katsuyori was brave and was not lacking in aggression. Combined with the skilled Takeda army and the late Shingen's experienced cadre of captains, Katsuyori's indomitable spirit made him a formidable foe.
Regardless of these questions and their possible answers, Oda Nobunaga, like [[Taira Kiyomori]] (his supposed antecedent), lives on in history as a complicated man who changed Japan forever.
Regardless of these questions and their possible answers, Oda Nobunaga, like [[Taira Kiyomori]] (his supposed antecedent), lives on in history as a complicated man who changed Japan forever.
[[Image:Oda_nobunaga_zipangu.jpg|thumb|center|Oda Nobunaga, as played by Ogata Naoto, in the NHK Taiga Drama 'Nobunaga, King of Zipangu.']]
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