Nobutada was the eldest son of [[Oda Nobunaga|Nobunaga]]. He fought in many of his father's campaigns once he had come of age, and by [[1575]] was trusted to lead on his own. He was responsible for bringing down the [[Takeda clan|Takeda's]] [[Iwamura castle]] in 1575 in a two-part siege and later joined [[Tsutsui Junkei]] in forcing [[Matsunaga Hisahide]] to commit suicide in [[1577]] at Shigizan. In [[1582]] he led an army into [[Shinano province|Shinano]] as part of the invasion of the Takeda lands and besieged [[Takato castle]]. He was in Kyoto when [[Akechi Mitsuhide]] rose against his father and killed him at the Honnoji. Nobutada was surrounded at [[Nijo castle|Nijô castle]] and committed suicide. | Nobutada was the eldest son of [[Oda Nobunaga|Nobunaga]]. He fought in many of his father's campaigns once he had come of age, and by [[1575]] was trusted to lead on his own. He was responsible for bringing down the [[Takeda clan|Takeda's]] [[Iwamura castle]] in 1575 in a two-part siege and later joined [[Tsutsui Junkei]] in forcing [[Matsunaga Hisahide]] to commit suicide in [[1577]] at Shigizan. In [[1582]] he led an army into [[Shinano province|Shinano]] as part of the invasion of the Takeda lands and besieged [[Takato castle]]. He was in Kyoto when [[Akechi Mitsuhide]] rose against his father and killed him at the Honnoji. Nobutada was surrounded at [[Nijo castle|Nijô castle]] and committed suicide. |