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Oda Nobunaga

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Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Oda Nobunaga Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582) was a Japanese warrior chieftain who undertook the first...powers by the rise of the provincial military in the 12th century. Nobunaga as Unifier The period from 1477 until 1573, when the Ashikaga shogunate... Read more
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