| infant
name .......... |
Kipposhi |
| adult
name .......... |
Nobunaga |
| the
meaning of adult name .......... |
'nobunaga'
= 'grand & lasting' (bliss) |
| clan
name .......... |
Oda |
| the
meaning of the clan name .......... |
'oda'
= great field |
| status
.......... |
married |
| occupation
.......... |
warlord |
| original
territory .......... |
Nagoya |
| latest
territory .......... |
all
central Japan |
| official
titles .......... |
|
|
other title .......... |
Daijo Daijin (Imperial
Prime Minister)* |
| his
real and actual political status .......... |
overlord
of Central Japan ..........
equal to
Shogun |
| slogans
............ |
|
| colors
............ |
red
& black (Taira
clan's colors) |
|
negative public appelation in 16th century .......... |
baka-dono
(Lord Fool) |
|
positive public appelation in 21st century .......... |
Unifier of Japan |
| negative
public appelations in 21st century .......... |
|
|
birth .......... |
June 23, 1534 |
| zodiac
.......... |
Cancer
|
| status
in family .......... |
second
son |
| parent
.......... |
Oda
Nobuhide (died in 1549) |
| pedigree
.......... |
descendant
of Taira clan (circa
880) |
| first
home address .......... |
Nagoya |
| wife
.......... |
Saito
Nou |
| concubines
.......... |
|
|
most-famous daughter .......... |
Oda Toku |
most-famous sister ..........
|
Oda Oichi |
| most-famous
brother .......... |
Oda Nagamasu
(1548-1622) |
|
sons in-law .......... |
|
| clans
in-law .......... |
|
|
heir .......... |
Oda Nobutada (1557-1582) |
backup
heirs ..........
|
|
|
successor as Chief of Oda clan .......... |
Oda Hidenobu (grandson) |
|
successor as ruler of Japan ........... |
Toyotomi
Hideyoshi (vassal) |
|
deputy .......... |
never had any |
| advisor
.......... |
never
had any ** |
| age
at first war .......... |
7
(Nagoya, 1541) |
| age
at last war ......... |
49
(Azuchi, 1582) |
| age
at leading clan ......... |
19
(Kiyosu, 1553) |
| age
at actual start of nationwide campaign ......... |
26
(Kiyosu, 1560) |
| age
at official start of nationwide campaign .......... |
33
(Gifu, 1567) |
| most-famous
battles .......... |
|
| most-trusted
commanders ........... |
|
| civil-service
& judicial officers .......... |
|
| most-famous
things that he did outside battlefields ........... |
|
| hobbies
........... |
|
| favorite
weapon ............. |
archery
kit |
| weapons
that he was good at .............. |
guns,
swords, spears, archery kits |
| martial
arts specializations ............... |
sharp-shooting,
swordsplay, archery, cavalry |
| favorite
song ............ |
"Atsumori" |
| favorite
pet .............. |
horses |
| favorite
drinks .............. |
red
wine |
| favorite
food ........... |
rice
porridge with chestnuts, sponge cakes, Gifu fish |
| favorite
places ................
|
|
| private
collections .............. |
|
| existing
architectural legacies ............. |
|
| best
traits .............. |
|
| worst
traits ............. |
|
| most-often-heard
lines around the house ............. |
|
| correct
adjectives most-often attached to his name ............. |
|
| wrong
adjectives most-often attached to his name .............. |
|
| routine
wrong impressions about him ............ |
|
| favorite
people ............. |
|
| people
he bowed to ............... |
|
| people
he respected .............. |
|
| people
he disliked .............. |
|
| famous
samurai that became his enemies ............. |
|
| legendary
samurai that became his allies ............. |
|
| the
greatest mistake he ever made ............ |
giving
Akechi Mitsuhide a job in Gifu in 1566 |
| death
............. |
June
21, 1582 |
| unfulfilled
dream ............. |
sailing
across the Pacific Ocean |
| things
that he invented & pioneered ............. |
|
| last
home address ............ |
Azuchi |
| posthumous
title ............ |
Owari
no Kami (Protector
of Owari) |
| posthumous
places in history ............ |
|
Notes
:
*
Prime Minister Oda Nobunaga
:
Oda Nobunaga received this title from Emperor Ogimachi in 1578.
He didn't want it, but had to accept it for the sake of courtesy.
He sent a letter of resignation less than three weeks later, at
the first chance to do so without appearing bad-mannered. Oda
had never been a sucker for official titles, and until his death
he never brought up the subject of whether he would use the title
'Shogun' despite his 'wrong blood' (a Taira clan descendant, not
Minamoto or Fujiwara) or not. What mattered to Oda was just that
the Emperor recognized his authority as a substitute of a Shogun,
and the Emperor had done that since 1568. So, nothing else was
needed from him. It took a very long time for the shallow and
ordinary Imperial House to comprehend Oda; they thought he was
like other warlords who coveted the highest Imperial titles under
the Emperor's.
** Hirate Masahide,
etc. were only members of the Board of Advisors of Oda
Nobuhide's years; Nobunaga didn't resort to this board.
***
'Architectural
legacies' only comprise of structures that Oda Nobunaga built,
except the Azuchi castle because it is
now inexistent. He renovated castles in Gifu,
too.
**** Uesugi
Kenshin of
Echigo and Mori Motonari of Aki had never
been Oda Nobunaga's enemies in the usual sense of the word. There
had never been any fight against Mori, and Oda only fought against
Uesugi very late in Uesugi's career -- in fact, when the battle
ensued, Uesugi had already been nearing death by cancer, and decided
to raise up arms against Oda just for the sake of regretting the
wasted years of his youth that he had squandered fighting Takeda
Shingen of Kai in slight borderline-skirmishes. Both Oda and
Uesugi were not really serious about blowing each other off. And
Oda Nobunaga only fought against the Mori clan after Motonari
had died.
Useful
Info :
Oda
Nobunaga's status in the Japanese sociopolitical ranks 1185 -
1868
Japanese
Emperors, Empresses, Shoguns, Regents, Chief Ministers, Rulers
since 660 B.C. until today
|
