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Encyclopedia > Oda Nobutomo

Oda Nobutomo (????-1555) a warlord of the Japanese province of Owari following the Sengoku period of the 16th century. Oda Nobutomo was the uncle of the famous Oda Nobunaga (who was a teenager at the time), and the relatively prime figure of the Iwakura Oda (the alternate Oda clan of Owari province). After Nobutomo had Shiba Yoshimune put to death for revealing an assassination plot to Nobunaga, Nobutomo himself took over Kiyosu Castle, which belonged to Nobunaga. Following the year of 1555, Nobunaga attacked his uncle, forcing him to commit suicide not long after. Image File history File links Information_icon. ... Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... Events Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland February 2 - Diet of Augsburg begins February 4 - John Rogers becomes first Protestant martyr in England February 9 - Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake May 23 - Paul IV becomes Pope. ... The Sengoku period (Japanese: 戦国時代, Sengoku-jidai) or Warring States period, was a period of civil war in the history of Japan that spans from the middle 15th to the early 17th centuries. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Oda clan crest The Oda clan is a daimyo family descended from Taira no Sukemori. ... Events Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland February 2 - Diet of Augsburg begins February 4 - John Rogers becomes first Protestant martyr in England February 9 - Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake May 23 - Paul IV becomes Pope. ...

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Oda Nobunaga (956 words)
Oda Nobunaga (織田 信長 1534-1582) was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history.
Son of Oda Nobuhide, a minor warlord with meager land holdings in Owari province, Nobunaga lived a life of continuous military conquest to eventually conquer most of Japan before his untimely death in 1582.
Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the combined forces of daimyos Asakura Yoshikage and Nagamasa Azai.
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