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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese daimyo
Daimyo

The were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. The term derives from a shortening of the title , which literally means "great named land" and originally simply referred to the owner of a large estate....
 who were to become an important political force in the unification of Japan in the mid-16th century. Though they had the climax of their fame under Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga

was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of History of Japan. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy shugo with land holdings in Owari province....
 and fell from the spotlight soon after, several branches of the family would continue on as daimyo houses until the Meiji Restoration
Meiji Restoration

The , also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure....
.

Oda family in the time of Nobunaga claimed descent from the Taira clan
Taira clan

The was a major Japanese clan in historical Japan.In reference to History of Japan, along with Minamoto, Taira was a hereditary clan name bestowed by the emperors of the Heian Period to certain ex-members of the imperial family when they became subjects....
, by Taira no Chikazane, a grandson of Taira no Shigemori
Taira no Shigemori

was the eldest son of the Taira clan patriarch, Taira no Kiyomori. He took part in the Hogen Rebellion and Heiji Rebellion rebellions. He died of illness in 1179....
 (1138-1179).

Taira no Chikazane established himself at Oda (Echizen Province
Echizen Province

was an Old provinces of Japan of Japan, which is today the northern part of Fukui prefecture.Echizen is famous for washi . A text dated AD 774 mentions the washi made in this area....
) and took its name.






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The was a family of Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese daimyo
Daimyo

The were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. The term derives from a shortening of the title , which literally means "great named land" and originally simply referred to the owner of a large estate....
 who were to become an important political force in the unification of Japan in the mid-16th century. Though they had the climax of their fame under Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga

was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of History of Japan. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy shugo with land holdings in Owari province....
 and fell from the spotlight soon after, several branches of the family would continue on as daimyo houses until the Meiji Restoration
Meiji Restoration

The , also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure....
.

History


Origins

The Oda family in the time of Nobunaga claimed descent from the Taira clan
Taira clan

The was a major Japanese clan in historical Japan.In reference to History of Japan, along with Minamoto, Taira was a hereditary clan name bestowed by the emperors of the Heian Period to certain ex-members of the imperial family when they became subjects....
, by Taira no Chikazane, a grandson of Taira no Shigemori
Taira no Shigemori

was the eldest son of the Taira clan patriarch, Taira no Kiyomori. He took part in the Hogen Rebellion and Heiji Rebellion rebellions. He died of illness in 1179....
 (1138-1179).

Taira no Chikazane established himself at Oda (Echizen Province
Echizen Province

was an Old provinces of Japan of Japan, which is today the northern part of Fukui prefecture.Echizen is famous for washi . A text dated AD 774 mentions the washi made in this area....
) and took its name. His descendants, great vassals of the (Seiwa Genji
Seiwa Genji

The were the most successful and powerful of the many branch families of the Japanese Minamoto clan. Many of the most famous Minamoto warriors, including Minamoto Yoshiie, also known as "Hachimantaro", or God of War, and Minamoto no Yoritomo, the founder of the Kamakura shogunate, were descended from this line....
) Shiba clan
Shiba clan

The was a Japanese clan claiming descent from the Seiwa Genji. A branch of the Shiba ruled Owari Province during the Muromachi Period....
, shugo
Shugo

was a title, commonly translated as "Governor," given to certain officials in feudal Japan. They were each appointed by the shogun to oversee one or more of the provinces of Japan....
 (governors) of Echizen, Owari
Owari Province

was an old Provinces of Japan of Japan that is now the western half of present day Aichi Prefecture, including much of modern Nagoya. Its abbreviation is Bishu ....
 and other provinces
Provinces of Japan

Before the modern Prefectures of Japan was established, the land of Japan was divided into tens of kuni , usually known in English language as provinces....
, followed the latter to Owari Province and received Inuyama Castle
Inuyama Castle

is located in the city of Inuyama, Aichi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The castle overlooks the Kiso River, which serves as the border between Aichi and Gifu Prefecture Prefectures of Japan....
 in 1435. This castle was built towards 1435, by Shiba Yoshitake who entrusted its safety to the Oda family. The Oda had been shugo-dai
Shugo

was a title, commonly translated as "Governor," given to certain officials in feudal Japan. They were each appointed by the shogun to oversee one or more of the provinces of Japan....
 (vice-governor) for several generations.

Independence

In 1452, after the death of Shiba Yoshitake the vassals of the Shiba, like the Oda in Owari Province and the Asakura clan
Asakura clan

The are descendants of Prince Kusakabe , son of Emperor Temmu .The family was a line of daimyo which, along with the Azai clan, opposed Oda Nobunaga in the late 16th century....
 in Echizen Province, refused the succession of Shiba Yoshitoshi (1430–1490) and supported Shiba Yoshikado (died ca. 1480), and began to divide the large domains of their suzerains among themselves, and had become gradually independent in the domains which had been confided to them. In 1475, the Oda had occupied the greater portion of Owari Province, but the Shiba would continue to try to regain authority until Shiba Yoshikane (1540–1600), who had to leave Owari.

The other famous castle of the Oda is Kiyosu Castle
Kiyosu Castle

is a castle that acted as a base of operations for Oda Nobunaga during the latter half of the Sengoku period of feudal Japan. It is located in the city of Kiyosu, Aichi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan....
, built between 1394 and 1427 by Shiba Yoshishige who entrusted the castle to the Oda clan, and named Oda Toshisada vice-governor of the province. Toshisada had four sons. The fourth son, Nobusada, who lived in Katsubata Castle, was the father of Nobuhide and the grandfather of Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga

was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of History of Japan. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy shugo with land holdings in Owari province....
.

Nobunaga's reign

Nobuhide took Nagoya Castle in 1525 (it was given to Nobunaga in 1542), and built Furuwatari Castle. Oda Nobutomo
Oda Nobutomo

was a warlord of the Japanese province of Owari Province following the Sengoku period of the 16th century. Oda Nobutomo was the uncle of the famous Oda Nobunaga, then a teenager, and the relatively prime figure of the Iwakura Oda ....
 held Kiyosu Castle, but he was besieged and killed in 1555 by his nephew Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga

was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of History of Japan. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy shugo with land holdings in Owari province....
 who operated from Nagoya Castle. This led to the family being divided into several branches, until the branch led by Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga

was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of History of Japan. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy shugo with land holdings in Owari province....
 eclipsed the others and unified its control over Owari.

Then turning to neighboring rivals, it one by one achieved dominance over the Imagawa
Imagawa clan

The was a Japanese clan that claimed descent from Emperor Seiwa . It was a branch of the Minamoto clan by the Ashikaga clan....
, Takeda, Azai, Asakura
Asakura clan

The are descendants of Prince Kusakabe , son of Emperor Temmu .The family was a line of daimyo which, along with the Azai clan, opposed Oda Nobunaga in the late 16th century....
 and other clans, until Nobunaga held control over central Japan. However, Nobunaga's plans for national domination were thwarted when his vassal Akechi Mitsuhide
Akechi Mitsuhide

, nicknamed Jubei or , was a samurai who lived during the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan Japan.Mitsuhide was a samurai and a general under daimyo Oda Nobunaga, although he later betrayed Nobunaga and caused him to commit seppuku....
 killed him at the Incident at Honno-ji in the summer of 1582. The Oda remained titular overlords of central Japan for a short time, before being eclipsed by the family of one of Nobunaga's chief generals, Hashiba Hideyoshi.

Edo period

Though the Oda were effectively eclipsed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Toyotomi Hideyoshi

was a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan. He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Sengoku period. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, after Hideyoshi's castle....
 following Nobunaga's death, it is not often known that the Oda continued to be a presence in Japanese politics. One branch of the family became hatamoto retainers to the Tokugawa shogun, while other branches became minor daimyo lords. As of the end of the Edo era, these included Tendo han (also known as Takahata han; Dewa Province
Dewa Province

is an old provinces of Japan of Japan, comprising modern-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture, except for the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka, Akita....
, 20,000 koku), Yanagimoto han
Yanagimoto Domain

The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. Its headquarters were located in what is now Tenri, Nara....
 (Yamato Province
Yamato Province

was a Provinces of Japan of Japan, located in Kinai, corresponding to present-day Nara Prefecture in Honshu. It was also called . At first, the name was written with one different character , and for about ten years after 737, this was revised to use more desirable characters ....
, 10,000 koku), Kaiju han (also known as Shibamura han; Yamato Province, 10,000 koku), and Kaibara han (Tanba Province, 20,000 koku).

During the reign of the daimyo Nobutoshi, the Oda of Tendo Domain
Tendo Domain

was a Han of the Edo period, located in Dewa Province. Tendo was a tozama.Tendo was the site of a castle built in 1360 by Shiba Yorinao. In the 16th century, it was part of the territory controlled by the Satomi clan....
 were signatories to the pact that created the Ouetsu Reppan Domei
Ouetsu Reppan Domei

The Ouetsu Reppan Domei or was a Japanese military-political coalition established and disestablished over the course of several months in early to mid-1868 during the Boshin War....
.

Notable figures

Odanobunaga
* Oda Chikazane (ca. 12th century)
  • Oda Nobuhide
    Oda Nobuhide

    was a warlord and magistrate of lower Owari Province during the Sengoku period of Japan. He was the father of Oda Nobunaga....
     (1510–1551)
  • Oda Nobuhiro
    Oda Nobuhiro

    was the eldest son of Oda Nobuhide. After Nobuhiro's father took Anjo Castle in Mikawa Province in 1540, the castle was given to Nobuhiro. During 1549, Nobuhiro was trapped by the Imagawa clan, but was saved when the Oda clan handed over one of their hostages—Matsudaira Takechiyo, later known as Ieyasu Tokugawa....
     (died 1574)
  • Oda Nobunaga
    Oda Nobunaga

    was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of History of Japan. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy shugo with land holdings in Owari province....
     (1534–1582)
  • Oda Nobuyuki
    Oda Nobuyuki

    was a younger brother of Oda Nobunaga in the earlier years of the Sengoku period of the 16th century of Japan.Nobuyuki conspired against his brother Nobunaga with the Hayashi and Shibata clan families....
     (1536–1557)
  • Oda Nobukane
    Oda Nobukane

    was a Japanese samurai, the younger brother of the supremely famous warlord, Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period of the 16th century. Following the year of 1568, Nobukane was destined to be adopted into the Nagao clan....
     (1548–1614)
  • Oda Nagamasu
    Oda Nagamasu

    was a Japanese daimyo who lived from the late Sengoku period through the early Edo period. Also known as Urakusai , he was a brother of Oda Nobunaga....
     (1548–1622)
  • Oda Nobuharu
    Oda Nobuharu

    was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Oda clan. Nobuharu was the younger brother of Oda Nobunaga. Nobunaga granted him Nobu Castle and its surroundings as a private fief....
     (1549–1570)
  • Oda Nobutsumi
    Oda Nobutsumi

    was a Japanese samurai and member of the main Oda clan of Owari Province during the Sengoku period and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. Nobusumi was the son of Oda Nobuyuki, thus making the famed Oda Nobunaga his uncle....
     (1555–1583)
  • Oda Nobutada
    Oda Nobutada

    was the eldest son of Oda Nobunaga, and a samurai who fought in many battles during the Sengoku period. He commanded armies under his father in battles against Matsunaga Hisahide and against the Takeda clan....
     (1557–1582)
  • Oda Nobutaka
    Oda Nobutaka

    was a samurai and member of Oda clan. He was adopted as the head of Kanbe clan that ruled the middle region of Ise Province and was also called Kanbe Nobutaka ....
     (1558–1583)
  • Oda Nobukatsu
    Oda Nobukatsu

    was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period. He was the second son of Oda Nobunaga. He survived the decline of the Oda clan from political prominence, becoming a daimyo in the early Edo period....
     (1558–1630)
  • Oda Hidekatsu
    Oda Hidekatsu

    was a Japanese samurai who was the fourth son of the famed feudal warlord Oda Nobunaga and was adopted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at a young age. His original name was ....
     (1567–1593)
  • Oda Katsunaga
    Oda Katsunaga

    was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through early Azuchi-Momoyama Period, who was the fifth son of Oda Nobunaga. Though he was a potential heir for Oda clan family headship, Katsunaga was ordered to be taken in by his aunt at Iwamura Castle at an exceedingly young age....
     (1568–1582)
  • Oda Nobukatsu
    Oda Nobukatsu

    was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period. He was the second son of Oda Nobunaga. He survived the decline of the Oda clan from political prominence, becoming a daimyo in the early Edo period....
     (1573–1610)
  • Oda Hidenobu
    Oda Hidenobu

    was the son of Oda Nobutada and lived during the Azuchi-Momoyama period in the late-16th century. His other name was Sanposhi ....
     (1580–1605)
  • Oda Nobutoshi
    Oda Nobutoshi

    Viscount was a daimyo of the tozama Han of Tendo Domain, in Dewa province, northern Japan. He was a direct descendant of the famed Oda Nobunaga, through Nobunaga's son Oda Nobukatsu....
     (1853–1901)
  • Nobunari Oda
    Nobunari Oda

    in Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the Japanese Figure Skating Championships, the 2006 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, and the World Junior Figure Skating Championships....
     (born 1987)


Senior retainer families

  • Shibata clan
    Shibata clan

    The Shibata clan may refer to two different clans within Japan. One had originated at the Heian period, while the other the Sengoku period. Both clans shall now be listed:...
  • Niwa clan
    Niwa clan

    The was a Japanese clan which rose to prominence in the Sengoku period. Its members claimed descent from the medieval Kodama family. Famous clan members included Oda Nobunaga's senior retainer Niwa Nagahide, as well as Nagahide's 19th century descendants Niwa Nagatomi, Niwa Nagakuni, and Niwa Nagahiro....
  • Hashiba clan
    Toyotomi clan

    During the Sengoku period in 16th century Japan, the began to thrive. Originating in Owari Province, the Toyotomi served as retainers to the Oda clan throughout the Sengoku period....
  • Akechi clan
    Akechi clan

    The was a Japanese clan related to the Toki clan, and from there, descended from the Seiwa Genji. The Akechi clan thrived around the later part of the Sengoku period of the 16th century....
  • Sakuma clan
  • Hayashi clan
    Hayashi clan (Owari)

    The was a Japanese samurai clan which served as retainers to the Oda clan; one famous figure, Hayashi Hidesada, was a senior retainer of Oda Nobunaga....
  • Hirate clan
  • Maeda clan
    Maeda clan

    The was a branch of the Sugawara clan who descended from Sugawara no Kiyotomo and Sugawara no Michizane in the eighth and ninth centuries. It was one of the most powerful samurai families in Japan and they were second only to the Tokugawa clan in rice production and fief size....
  • Sassa clan
  • Takigawa clan
  • Tokugawa clan
    Tokugawa clan

    The was a powerful daimyo family of Japan. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa and were a branch of the Minamoto clan by the Nitta clan. However, the early history of this clan remains mystery....


Nobunaga's notable retainers

In Owari Province
  • Hirate Masahide
    Hirate Masahide

    was a Japanese samurai who served the Oda clan for two generations. His original name was .Masahide first served Oda Nobuhide.He was talented not only as a samurai but also in various arts like Japanese tea ceremony and Waka , and this helped him to act as a skilled diplomat, dealing with Ashikaga shogunate and deputies of the Emperor of Japan....
  • Hayashi Hidesada
    Hayashi Hidesada

    was a Japanese samurai and retainer of Oda clan, who lived during the Sengoku period. He was also known as . His tsusho was , and his court title was Kokushi ....
  • Naito Shosuke
  • Sakuma Nobumori
    Sakuma Nobumori

    was a retainer of the Oda clan. He has also been called Dewa no Suke and Uemon no Jo .He was born in Owari Province and served under Oda Nobuhide....
  • Murai Sadakatsu
    Murai Sadakatsu

    was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through early Azuchi-Momoyama period, who served the Oda clan. He was active in the Oda clan's administration in Kyoto....
  • Hasegawa Hidekazu
  • Niwa Nagahide
    Niwa Nagahide

    Niwa Nagahide was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through Azuchi-Momoyama periods of the 16th century. He served as a retainer to the Oda clan, and was eventually a daimyo in his own right....
  • Shibata Katsuie
    Shibata Katsuie

    or was a Japanese military commander during the Sengoku Period who served Oda Nobunaga.Katsuie was born in the Shibata clan, a cadet branch of the Shiba clan ....
  • Kawajiri Hidetaka
    Kawajiri Hidetaka

    was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Oda clan....
  • Sakai Masahisa
    Sakai Masahisa

    was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku Period, who most notably served the Oda clan. He was born in Mino Province, and first served the Saito clan....
  • Harada Naomasa
    Harada Naomasa

    was a samurai retainer of the Oda clan. He was also called and was referred by the title of . Initially he had the family name of , but on 1575 received the name of a respected clan, Harada which he took as his own....
  • Mori Yoshinari
    Mori Yoshinari

    was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period and the head of the Mori family, who served the Saito clan. The Saito were the lords of the Mino province....
  • Takigawa Kazumasu
    Takigawa Kazumasu

    Takigawa Kazumasu was a samurai retainer to Oda Nobunaga, and later Toyotomi Hideyoshi, during Japan's Sengoku period. His biological son, Maeda Toshimasu, was adopted by Maeda Toshihisa and later served Nobunaga along Kazumasu and Toshimasu's adopted uncle, Maeda Toshiie....
  • Mizuno Nobumoto
    Mizuno Nobumoto

    , was a daimyo of Japan's Sengoku period. A son of Mizuno Tadamasa, and brother of Mizuno Tadashige, he was the lord of Kariya Castle.Nobumoto sided with Oda Nobuhide in 1542, having switched his allegiance from the Imagawa clan, but soon changing sides once more, to serve under the Matsudaira family....
  • Toyotomi Hideyoshi
    Toyotomi Hideyoshi

    was a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan. He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Sengoku period. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, after Hideyoshi's castle....
  • Hori Hidemasa
    Hori Hidemasa

    was a samurai retainer of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi during Japan's Sengoku period. He was one of Hideyoshi's greatest generals, and commanded his forces in several of his most major battles....
  • Sassa Narimasa
    Sassa Narimasa

    was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through Azuchi-Momoyama period. Famous for his tenure as lord of Etchu Province. Was granted a fief in Kyushu, but due to difficulties in suppressing local revolt, he was beheaded in 1588....
  • Maeda Toshiie
    Maeda Toshiie

    was one of the leading generals of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period of the 16th century extending to the Azuchi-Momoyama period. His father was Maeda Toshimasa....
  • Sakuma Morimasa
    Sakuma Morimasa

    Sakuma Morimasa was the son of Sakuma Moritsugu, cousin of Sakuma Nobumori, a prominent Oda retainer to Oda Nobuhide and Oda Nobunaga. He was a retainer of Shibata Katsuie and one of his top generals in many of his campaigns....
  • Yamauchi Katsutoyo
  • Yanada Masatsuna
  • Hachisuka Masakatsu
    Hachisuka Masakatsu

    , also Hachisuka Koroku was a daimyo and retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi during the Azuchi-Momoyama period of History of Japan. He was the son of Hachisuka Masatoshi....
  • Ota Gyuichi
  • Iio Sadamune
  • Ikeda Tsuneoki
    Ikeda Tsuneoki

    , also known as Ikeda Nobuteru , was a daimyo and military commander during the Sengoku period and Azuchi-Momoyama period of the 16th century of Japan....
Others
  • Takenaka Hanbei
    Takenaka Shigeharu

    , who was also known as Hanbei , was a Japanese people samurai during the Sengoku period of the 16th century. He served the Saito clan of Mino province, but later plotted an uprising and took over the Saito castle at Mount Kinka ....
  • Kuroda Yoshitaka
  • Akechi Mitsuhide
    Akechi Mitsuhide

    , nicknamed Jubei or , was a samurai who lived during the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan Japan.Mitsuhide was a samurai and a general under daimyo Oda Nobunaga, although he later betrayed Nobunaga and caused him to commit seppuku....
  • Ujiie Bokuzen
  • Inaba Yoshimichi
  • Ando Morinari
    Ando Morinari

    was renowned for being part of the "Mino Triumvirate" under the Saito clan during the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan. He served as a head retainer under Saito Dosan after Dosan overthrew Toki Yorinari and became daimyo of Mino Province....
  • Matsunaga Hisahide
    Matsunaga Hisahide

    Matsunaga Hisahide was a daimyo of Japan following the Sengoku period of the 16th century.A companion of Miyoshi Chokei, he was a retainer of Miyoshi Masanaga from the 1540s....
  • Kuki Yoshitaka
    Kuki Yoshitaka

    was a naval commander during Japan's Sengoku Period, under Oda Nobunaga, and later, Toyotomi Hideyoshi.In the 1570s, Kuki allied himself with Oda Nobunaga, and commanded his fleet, supporting land-based attacks on the Ikko-ikki....
  • Kani Saizo
    Kani Saizo

    was a Japanese samurai of the late Sengoku era through early Edo era, who served various lords before coming into the service of the Tokugawa clan. Saizo was originally a junior retainer under the Saito clan, then switched to the Oda clan....
  • Sakuma Nobumori
    Sakuma Nobumori

    was a retainer of the Oda clan. He has also been called Dewa no Suke and Uemon no Jo .He was born in Owari Province and served under Oda Nobuhide....
  • Kanamori Nagachika
    Kanamori Nagachika

    was a Japanese samurai who lived from the Sengoku period into the early Edo period. He was the first ruler of the Kanamori clan and served as a retainer of the Oda clan, Toyotomi clan, and Tokugawa clan clans....
  • Gamo Katahide
    Gamo Katahide

    was a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period through Azuchi-Momoyama Periods. Katahide, the eldest son of Gamo Sadahide, was a retainer of the Oda clan. His son, Gamo Ujisato, became daimyo of the Aizu Domain....
  • Gamo Ujisato
    Gamo Ujisato

    was a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. The heir and son of Gamo Katahide, lord of Hino Castle in Omi Province, he later held Matsusaka and finally Aizuwakamatsu Castle in Mutsu Province....
  • Mori Ranmaru
    Mori Ranmaru

    , born 'Mori Nagasada' , was the son of Mori Yoshinari, and the younger brother of Mori Nagayoshi, from the province of Mino Province.From an early age, Ranmaru was an attendant to Oda Nobunaga....
  • Asakura Kageakira
    Asakura Kageakira

    was a retainer beneath the clan of Oda clan throughout the latter Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan. Son to Asakura Kagetaka and future holder of Echizen province's Ino castle, it is speculated that Kageakira became retainer to the Asakura by the time at which he was eligible for service as vassal, forthwith becoming a moderately high ranked commande...
  • Fuwa Mitsuharu
    Fuwa Mitsuharu

    was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through Azuchi-Momoyama period. Originally a retainer of Saito Dosan, Mitsuharu went on to serve Oda Nobunaga, receiving a landholding in Echizen Province....
  • Araki Murashige
    Araki Murashige

    was a retainer of Oda Nobunaga, and daimyo of Itami Castle during the late Sengoku period of the 16th century in Japanese history, in what is now Itami, Hyogo in Hyogo Prefecture....
  • Hirate Kiyohide
  • Hosokawa Fujitaka
    Hosokawa Fujitaka

    ' was a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period. Also known as '. Fujitaka was a prominent retainer of the last Ashikaga shoguns. When he joined the Oda, Oda Nobunaga awarded him with Tango fief....
  • Ikeda Nobuteru
  • Ikoma Ienaga
    Ikoma Ienaga

    was relatively a senior retainer beneath the clan of Oda clan throughout the latter Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan. As Ienaga was the respective brother of Kitsuno, and initially supported Oda Nobunaga around the time at which his sister became a concubine under the latter, Ienaga was treated with exceeded regard, justifiably by means of th...
  • Maeda Gen'i
  • Tokugawa Ieyasu
    Tokugawa Ieyasu

    Japanese name|Tokugawa}} was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara  in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868....
Others (cont.)
  • Murai Sadakatsu
    Murai Sadakatsu

    was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through early Azuchi-Momoyama period, who served the Oda clan. He was active in the Oda clan's administration in Kyoto....
  • Nakagawa Kiyohide
    Nakagawa Kiyohide

    Nakagawa Kiyohide was a daimyo in Azuchi-Momoyama period.His childhood name was Nakagawa Toranosuke . His common name was Nakagawa Sebe ....
  • Takayama Ukon
  • Tsutsui Junkei
    Tsutsui Junkei

    , son of Tsutsui Junsho, and a Daimyo of the province of Yamato Province.Very early on, Junkei had his castle taken away by Matsunaga Hisahide, one of the most powerful warriors of the region in feudal Japan at that time....
  • Wada Koremasa
    Wada Koremasa

    was a retainer beneath the clan of Oda clan throughout the latter Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan. Koremasa was the son of Wada Koresuke and directly supported the Ashikaga Shogunate by the time at which he was of eligible age, becoming a primary supporter to Ashikaga Yoshiaki following the murder of Ashikaga Yoshinari in 1565....
  • Yamouchi Kazutoyo
  • Asano Nagamasa
    Asano Nagamasa

    was the brother-in-law of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and one of his chief advisors. Asano also fought for Hideyoshi in a number of campaigns during the Sengoku period of the 16th century of Japan....
  • Hachisuka Hikoemon
  • Ishida Mitsunari
    Ishida Mitsunari

    Ishida Mitsunari was a samurai who led the Western army in the Battle of Sekigahara following the Azuchi-Momoyama period of the 17th century....
  • Murai Nagato
  • Tsutsui Junkei
    Tsutsui Junkei

    , son of Tsutsui Junsho, and a Daimyo of the province of Yamato Province.Very early on, Junkei had his castle taken away by Matsunaga Hisahide, one of the most powerful warriors of the region in feudal Japan at that time....
  • Kuroda Kanbei
    Kuroda Kanbei

    Kuroda Yoshitaka was a Japanese daimyo of the late Sengoku period through early Edo periods. Renowned as a man of great ambition, he was a chief strategist under Toyotomi Hideyoshi....
  • Yamanuchi Katsutoyo
  • Horio Mosuke
  • Kitabatake Toshikatsu
  • Maeno Suemon
  • Todo Takatora
    Todo Takatora

    was a Japanese daimyo of the Azuchi-Momoyama period through Edo period. He rose from relatively humble origins as an ashigaru to become a daimyo....
  • Akada Shigeyoshi
  • Akada Shigetaka
  • Aochi Shigetsuna
    Aochi Shigetsuna

    Aochi Shigetsuna was a retainer beneath the clan of Oda clan throughout the latter Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan. Shigetsuna was the legitimate second son of Gamo Sadahide and was later adopted by Aochi Nagatsuna, a daimyo who held residence in the Kurita District of Omi province....
  • Atagi Nobuyasu
    Atagi Nobuyasu

    was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period. He was the nephew of Miyoshi Chokei....
  • Cho Tsuratatsu
    Cho Tsuratatsu

    was a Japanese samurai of the late Sengoku period to early Edo period, who served the Hatakeyama clan, Oda clan, and then the Maeda clan of the Kaga Domain....
Others (cont.)
  • Endo Taneshige
  • Fukutomi Hidekatsu
  • Goto Takaharu
  • Hachiya Yoritaka
    Hachiya Yoritaka

    was a retainer beneath the clan of Oda clan throughout the latter Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan. At first having been a vassal to the Toki clan of Mino province, Yoritaka nonetheless initially supported Saito Dosan's Coup d'?tat, but willingly chose to leave the usurper thereafter in turn for Oda Nobunaga, where he would become subordinate...
  • Hatakeyama Sadamasa
  • Hayashi Shinjiro
  • Hirate Norihide
  • Horiuchi Ujiyoshi
  • Ikai Nobusada
  • Inaba Masashige
  • Kaganoi Shigemochi
    Kaganoi Shigemochi

    was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, who served the Oda clan. He ruled Kaganoi Castle. During the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute, Shigemochi fought under his father Shigemune, who was attached to the forces of Oda Nobukatsu....
  • Kanemitsu Masayoshi
  • Kato Yoshiaki
    Kato Yoshiaki

    was one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's top generals, and commanded elements of Hideyoshi's fleet in his Imjin Wars and campaigns in Kyushu at the end of the Sengoku period of Japanese history....
  • Kawajiri Hidetaka
    Kawajiri Hidetaka

    was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Oda clan....
  • Kotsokuri Tomomasa
  • Kyogoku Takatsugu
  • Maeba Yoshitsugu
    Maeba Yoshitsugu

    was a retainer beneath the clan of Asakura clan throughout the late Sengoku period of Feudal Japan. He was also known as Katsurada Nagatoshi ....
  • Maeda Toshiharu
  • Maeno Nagayasu
    Maeno Nagayasu

    was a Japanese samurai of the 16th century. Also known as Shoemon , he served Toyotomi Hideyoshi.References*, samurai-archives.com...
  • Mikumo Shigemochi


Clan castles

Castles of Residence
  1. Nagoya Castle
    Nagoya Castle

    is located in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan....
  2. Kiyosu Castle
    Kiyosu Castle

    is a castle that acted as a base of operations for Oda Nobunaga during the latter half of the Sengoku period of feudal Japan. It is located in the city of Kiyosu, Aichi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan....
  3. Komakiyama Castle
  4. Gifu Castle
    Gifu Castle

    is a castle located in the city of Gifu, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Along with Mount Kinka and the Nagara River, it is one of the main symbols of the city....
  5. Azuchi Castle
    Azuchi Castle

    was one of the primary castles of Oda Nobunaga. It was built from 1576 to 1579, on the shores of Lake Biwa, in Omi Province. Nobunaga intentionally built it close enough to Kyoto that he could watch over and guard the approaches to the capital, but, being outside the city, his fortress would be immune to the fires and conflicts that occas...
Minor Castles
  • Narumi Castle
  • Tsu Castle
  • Iwamura Castle
    Iwamura Castle

    was located in the southeastern area of Mino Province in Japan. Its ruins can be found in the modern-day town of Iwamura, Gifu in Ena District, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture....
  • Nagahama Castle
    Nagahama Castle

    is a hirashiro located in Nagahama, Shiga, Shiga Prefecture, Japan....