Oda Nobunaga Quotes
Daimyo
Oda Nobunaga was daimyo from Japan
“La vita umana dura cinquant anni. Nella misura di questo mondo, e solo un sogno e un illusione. C e qualcuno che nasce e non muore?”— Oda Nobunaga
Passage from the Kowaka-mai dance 'Atsumori,' performed by Nobunaga before the Battle of Okehazama, June 12, 1560. Recorded in Shincho Koki by Ota Gyuichi.
The Story of Oda
Honno-ji, June 21
On June 21, 1582, Nobunaga was staying at Honno-ji temple in Kyoto with only a small guard. His general Akechi Mitsuhide surrounded the temple with 13,000 soldiers at dawn. Nobunaga fought with a spear until he was wounded by an arrow. Then he walked inside, set the building on fire, and died. He was forty-eight. His body was never found. He had unified half of Japan. Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu would finish what he started, but every stone they laid rested on his foundation.
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