The Honno-ji Incident 1582, Episode 104: 13 Kazusa-no-suke Nobunaga, 6 The End of Dosan. On June 2, 1582, Akechi Mitsuhide struck down Oda Nobunaga. At that time, Hideyoshi was confronting the Mori at Bitchu Takamatsu, and Tokugawa Ieyasu was heading from Sakai to Kyoto. The Takeda of Kai had been extinguished. Japan was in the Sengoku period, and the world was in the Age of Discovery. The time is now. The mystery of history. Investigating its causes and motives. 'Koshinki'

Episode 104: 13 Kazusa-no-suke Nobunaga, 6 The End of Dosan

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Nobunaga loved festivals.

Tenbun 24, 1555.
Nobunaga, twenty-two years old.

It must have been around this time.
Another side of Nobunaga can be seen.
It is the figure of a young man.

July 18th.
It was exactly Obon.
Nobunaga was in Tsushima.

Regarding the Odori Performance

On July 18th, an Odori was performed. One, Red Demon, Hirate Naizen's group. One, Black Demon, Asai Bitchu-no-kami's group. One, Hungry Ghost, Takigawa Sakon's group. One, Jizo, Oda Tarozaemon's group. The group that became Benkei were people of superior talent. One, Maeno Tajima-no-kami, Benkei. One, Ito Fube, Benkei. One, Ichihashi Denzaemon, Benkei. One, Iio Omi-no-kami, Benkei. One, Hori Yasaburo, became a heron. It was very similar. One, Kazusa-no-suke-dono dressed as a heavenly being, played the small hand drum, and performed a woman's dance. In Tsushima, at Hotta Doku's garden, he performed one dance, and from there he returned to Kiyosu.

Nobunaga was popular with the masses.

It must have been his personality.
He was able to enter the hearts of the masses.
A sentimental connection can be seen.

The elders of the five villages of Tsushima performed a return dance. This too was a sight beyond description. They reached Kiyosu.

To them, he was a lord they were proud of.

He called them before him, saying this was funny or that it looked just like the real thing, speaking to each of them affectionately and plausibly, addressing them one by one, fanning them with his own fan in his humility, and offering them tea to drink. Overwhelmed with gratitude, they forgot the toil of the scorching sun, and all returned home in tears of joy.

Nobunaga had to prepare for the threat from the east.

Imagawa Yoshimoto of Suruga.
Nobunaga never had a moment of rest.

Nobunaga thought about eliminating the Yamaguchi father and son.

Three years ago.
That is, Tenbun 21, 1552.
The father and son betrayed Nobunaga.
'Battle of Akatsuka'
Behind the scenes, Yoshimoto was pulling the strings.

One, one ri east of Atsuta, at Narumi Castle, Yamaguchi Samanosuke was installed. He was a warrior and a man of talent. He had already plotted treason, brought in the Suruga forces, and by means of Samanosuke's maneuvering, captured both Odaka Castle and Kutsukake Castle, lining them up like a three-legged tripod, each one ri apart.

*Like a three-legged tripod (a type of sake vessel), firmly.

[Reference] 13 Kazusa-no-suke Nobunaga 1 The Death of Nobuhide 92

Imagawa Yoshimoto sent troops to Owari.

He put Okabe Motonobu into Narumi Castle.

In Narumi Castle, Okabe Gorobei from Suruga holed up as the castle deputy, and filled Odaka Castle and Kutsukake Castle with plenty of garrison troops.

The end of the Yamaguchi father and son.

However, ...
The father and son were executed by Yoshimoto.

After this, before long, Yamaguchi Samanosuke and his son Kurojiro were summoned to Suruga, and without any reward for their loyalty, mercilessly, both father and son were made to commit seppuku.

Nobunaga is quite the strategist.

This, too, is all too convenient.
The reason is not clear.
It is said that he was caught in Nobunaga's scheme, but it is not certain.

There is also the previous matter of Nobumitsu.
That possibility is significant.

[Reference] 13 Kazusa-no-suke Nobunaga 5 Seizing Kiyosu 103

Nobunaga was having difficulty governing the lower four districts.

That was not all.
Indeed, he had obtained half of Owari.
However, the future was fraught with difficulties.
He faced many challenges.

1. Kazusa-no-suke Nobunaga, although he should be in control of half of Owari Province,

the estuary basin of the Kiso and Nagara Rivers is occupied by Hattori Sakyo-no-shin.

One district of Kaito is occupied by the monk Hattori Sakyo-no-shin of Ninoe (Ninoe, Yatomi City, Aichi Prefecture), and is not under his control.

The Imagawa forces had advanced into Chita District.

Chita District has been invaded from Suruga,

The remaining two districts were also still in an unstable situation.

Even within the remaining two districts, because it is a chaotic age, they do not certainly follow his hand. Because it is like this, everything is extremely unsatisfactory. (Shinchoko-ki)

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