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Nobunaga

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Nobunaga (Nobunaga Oda) , 1534-82, Japanese military commander. The son of a daimyo , Nobunaga greatly expanded his father's holdings, becoming master of three provinces near present-day Nagoya. The emperor secretly appealed to him for help, and Nobunaga, acting in the emperor's name, became (1568) dictator of central Japan. Though he restored the ousted shogun (Nobunaga's ancestry made him ineligible for the title), the real power was his and, aided by his general Hideyoshi Toyotomi and his ally Ieyasu , he unified all Japan except the extreme north and west. He broke the temporal... Read more
Oda Nobunaga
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
Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga see Nobunaga . Author not available, ODA NOBUNAGA. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008 Read more

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