In which Kyoto temple did Nobunaga die?
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Honnō-ji
He was staying there with only about a hundred attendants when troops of his own general surrounded the temple.
💡 Did you know? The temple was later rebuilt at a different site in Kyoto.
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Which of his generals betrayed Nobunaga and attacked him in Kyoto?
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Akechi Mitsuhide
His motives are still unclear; slights, ambition and fear of his own downfall are all discussed.
💡 Did you know? Mitsuhide held power for barely two weeks; “mikka tenka”, a three-day reign, has been a Japanese saying for short-lived power ever since.
In which battle did Nobunaga defeat Imagawa Yoshimoto with a small force in 1560?
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Okehazama
He fell upon the resting Imagawa army under cover of a thunderstorm.
💡 Did you know? Yoshimoto’s army was many times larger; the victory made the previously mocked Nobunaga famous at a stroke.
In which battle of 1575 did Nobunaga’s gunners behind palisades shatter the Takeda cavalry?
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Nagashino
Nobunaga and his ally Tokugawa Ieyasu placed thousands of arquebusiers behind wooden fences.
💡 Did you know? The battle is seen as a turning point: from then on, firearms decided Japan’s wars.
Where on Lake Biwa did Nobunaga build his splendid residence with a many-storeyed tower from 1576?
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Azuchi
The tower was decorated inside with gold and paintings by the Kanō school.
💡 Did you know? The castle burned down shortly after Nobunaga’s death; together with Momoyama, the hill of Hideyoshi’s Fushimi Castle, it gave its name to the Azuchi-Momoyama period.
Which monastic peak near Kyoto did Nobunaga burn down with its temples in 1571?
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Mount Hiei
The monks of the Enryaku-ji had supported his enemies; thousands of people were killed.
💡 Did you know? The monastery on Hiei had been one of the most important centres of Japanese Buddhism since the 8th century.
Which shogun did Nobunaga bring to power in 1568 and drive out of Kyoto in 1573?
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Ashikaga Yoshiaki
Yoshiaki wanted to rule in his own right and forged an alliance against Nobunaga, who then deposed him.
💡 Did you know? He was the last shogun of the Ashikaga, who had ruled since 1338.
Which province did Nobunaga come from?
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Owari
The province lay around present-day Nagoya; from there he gradually conquered central Japan.
💡 Did you know? As a rowdy youth he was mockingly known there as the “Fool of Owari”.
In which year did Oda Nobunaga die?
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1582
His retainer Toyotomi Hideyoshi avenged him a few days later and carried on the unification of Japan.
💡 Did you know? He is said to have loved a passage from the Noh play “Atsumori” about the brevity of life, “fifty years”.
Which lord of Mino, known as “the Viper”, became Nobunaga’s father-in-law?
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Saitō Dōsan
Nobunaga married his daughter Nōhime in 1549; the marriage sealed an alliance between Owari and Mino.
💡 Did you know? Dōsan fell in 1556 fighting against his own son, Saitō Yoshitatsu.
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