The Azuchi–Momoyama period is the final phase of the Sengoku period in Japan. These years of political unification led to the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate. It spans the years from c. 1573 to 1600, during which time Oda Nobunaga and his successor, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, imposed order upon the chaos that had pervaded since the collapse of the Ashikaga shogunate.
The Oda clan was a family of Japanese daimyōs 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 and fell from the spotlight soon after, several branches of the family continued as daimyō houses until the Meiji Restoration.
Shibata Katsuie or Gonroku (権六) was a Japanese samurai and military commander during the Sengoku period.
Oda Nobutaka was a samurai and member of the Oda clan. He was adopted as the head of the Kanbe clan, which ruled the middle region of Ise Province and so he was also called Kanbe Nobutaka (神戸信孝).
Horio Yoshiharu was a Japanese daimyō during the Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo periods. He was appointed to the position of one of three chūrō (arbiters) by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and was the first leader of the Matsue clan. He was also known as Horio Mosuke.
Lady Nō, also known as Kichō (帰蝶), was the legal wife of Oda Nobunaga, a major daimyō during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. Her proper name was Kichō, but since she came from Mino Province, she is most commonly referred to as Nōhime. She was renowned for her beauty and cleverness.
Kitsuno was a concubine of Japanese daimyō Oda Nobunaga during the Warring-states period in Japanese history. She was born into the third generation of the prosperous and influential Ikoma clan in about 1538 and her father was known as Iemune.
Tokuhime (徳姫), also known as Gotokuhime (五徳姫) or Lady Toku was born the daughter of Japanese daimyō Oda Nobunaga and later married Matsudaira Nobuyasu, the first son of Tokugawa Ieyasu. She is also remembered as the person most responsible for the deaths of Nobuyasu and his mother, Ieyasu's wife, the Lady Tsukiyama.
Okada Shigetaka (岡田重孝) was a retainer of the Japanese clan of Oda following the Sengoku period to the Azuchi-Momoyama period of the 16th century of Japan. Shigetaka was the son of Okada Shigeyoshi, one of the Seven Spears of Azukizaka. Shigetaka along with his father both served under a son of Oda Nobunaga, known as Oda Nobukatsu. Later on Nobukatsu began to believe that many of his retainers, including Shigetaka, were plotting against him on the behalf of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Nobutaka summoned Shigetaka and the others to his castle, and killed them all with a surprise attack.
Hashiba 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.
The 1584 siege of Takehana was something of a follow-up to the siege of Kaganoi; the great warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi sought to consolidate his power, particularly in the lands of his late lord Oda Nobunaga. Hideyoshi employed the same tactics at Takehana as at Kaganoi, diverting the Kiso River with a dam and flooding the fortress.
Oda Hidenobu was the son of Oda Nobutada and lived during the Azuchi-Momoyama period in the late-16th century. His other name was Sanbōshi (三法師).
Gō: Hime-tachi no Sengoku (江〜姫たちの戦国〜) is a Japanese television series. It is the Taiga drama for 2011 and the 50th Taiga drama overall. It is written by Kumiko Tabuchi and stars Juri Ueno in the title role, with Miyazawa Rie and Mizukawa Asami.
The Ikoma clan was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from Fujiwara no Fusasaki of the "Northern House" of the Fujiwara clan. During the Sengoku period they supported the Unification of Japan as retainers of Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. In the Edo period the clan were daimyō and a hatamoto family for the Tokugawa shogunate.
The Battle of Komaki and Nagakute was a series of battles in 1584 between the forces of Hashiba Hideyoshi and the forces of Oda Nobukatsu and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Hideyoshi and Ieyasu had both served Oda Nobunaga and had not previously come into conflict; this would in fact be their only period of enmity. Although this episode of history is most commonly known by the two largest and most important battles, the event is also sometimes referred to as the Komaki Campaign.
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. Soon after, Kaganoi Castle was surrounded by the forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi; Shigemune surrendered, and Shigemochi was employed by Hideyoshi as a messenger, receiving a stipend of 10,000 koku. He also possessed a blade made by Muramasa, which Hideyoshi bestowed on him in 1598.
Nobunaga the Fool is a Japanese stage play and anime series, part of a wider franchise titled The Fool by anime creator Shōji Kawamori. The play is a combination of live actors produced by Avex Live Creative and animation by Satelight, first performed on December 8, 2013. The anime series is also animated by Satelight and began airing on January 5, 2014 and ended June 22, 2014.
