The assassination of Oda Nobunaga

[Shido]

I know the basics of Oda Nobunaga's death, but I have been wondering about the truth. When I looked into it, I found many rumors mixed in with the facts. I had been hoping that someone would know more about this. Thank you.

[KhawMengLee]

Nobunaga was betrayed by one of his generals Akechi Mitsuhide. Surrounded in his Kyoto residence by Akechi, Nobunaga either died by commiting seppuku or perished in the fire that broke out.

The reasons for Akechi's betrayal can be found in the link below:

http://www.samurai-archives.com/nobunaga.html

[Shido]

thanks, I always wondered what really happened.

[[Kensei 剣の聖者]]

i was told his general had him shot because he changed sides, and the irony is that he was shot by the musket, the very weapon he had single handedly equipped japan with

[aru-ma]

the difficult thing about great historical figure, especialy the one's before the 19th century is that there are too many myths surrounding them, Nobunaga is one another one is Takeda Shingen, in fact Takeda's death is much more controversial than Nobunaga's IMO. While it's clear that Nobunaga died because of Akech's treason it's not quite clear whether Takeda was killed (assasinated) or died of sickness.

[[Kensei 剣の聖者]]

Takeda was shot by a Nobunaga Sniper, then his death was covered up for a while.

[gsx1100s]

You can see this story about Takeda Shingen in Akira Kurosawas "Kagemusha" a fantastic movie!
The story of the rise and fall of Nobunaga and other great men in Japanese history can be found in "Taiko" by Eiji Yoshikawa. It's a great read!
So is his book "Musashi"

cheers Michael

[Shido]

I have seen Kagemusha, it was good, cheap camera, and old movie but still quality, if I remember correctly Shingen dies, and a look-a-like takes his place for an unbelievable amount of time. Really interestering. Has anyone heard any theories of Oda's sisters role in his death?

[fe-taru tora]

is oda's sister like mironei or something like that I heard that she acted as his personal body guard for some time and had something to do with the assasination, not too clear on the details, my conversational partner from japan told me this,... I'm still working on his english ....lol

[Hai_hai]

I know the basics of Oda Nobunaga's , but I have been wondering about the truth. When I looked into it, I found many rumors mixed in with the facts. I had been hoping that someone would know more about this. Thank you.
Okay... okay. You got me. I did it.

[fe-taru tora]

Okay... okay. You got me. I did it.
hai hai, I wanted to do it, your just lucky you found him before I did :ogre: