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* ''Born: [[1546]]''
* ''Died: [[1599]]''
* ''Sons: [[Nanbu Toshinao]]''
Nobunao was the son of [[Ishikawa Takanobu|Ishikawa (Nanbu) Takanobu]] and the adopted son of [[Nanbu Harumasa]] (Takanobu's brother). When Harumasa's son [[Nanbu Harutsugu|Harutsugu]] died in [[1582]], Nobunao was named the head of the family. He submitted to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] in [[1590]] by sending 100 horses and 50 hawks as tribute. He helped defeat [[Kunoe Masazane]], the last independent Japanese [[daimyo|daimyô]], in early [[1591]]. He began work on [[Morioka castle]] in [[1597]].
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