| Oda Nobuhide | |
| Born: | 1510 |
|---|---|
| Place of Birth: | Owari province |
| Died: | April 8, 1551 |
| Cause of Death: | Illness |
| Place of Death: | Suemori castle |
| Style name: | 織田 信秀 |
| Served: | Oda |
| Participation(s): | Battle of Azukizaka (1542) Battle of Kanōguchi Battle of Azukizaka (1548) |
Oda Nobuhide (尾張の虎) was the son of Oda Nobusada and the father of the famous Oda Nobunaga.
Biography[]
Military Career[]
Oda Nobuhide was reputed to be a highly intelligent individual who cultivated relationships with capable members of his family and maintained firm authority over them. His principal residence was Shiboda Castle, situated in the southwestern part of Owari Province.[1]
Over time, Oda Nobuhide relocated his residence from Shobota Castle to Nagoya Castle, which was subsequently granted to Oda Nobunaga in 1542. This move was intended to facilitate future military campaigns in Mino and Mikawa provinces. By the end of the 1540s, Nobuhide relocated a third time, establishing his base at Suemori Castle.[2]
Oda Nobuhide frequently traveled to Kyoto or dispatched emissaries to the city to pay respects to the shogun, the tenno, and court nobles, presenting them with money and gifts as a mark of deference.[3]
In 1542, Imagawa Yoshimoto advanced in Owari province and met Nobuhide for the first battle of Azukizaka. Imagawa Yoshimoto was bloody repulsed, and a few months later Nobuhide followed up his victory by attacking the Imagawa fortress of Ueno.[4]
In 1544, Oda Nobuhide marched north to support the Toki clan of Mino, the long-standing shugo of the province, who were under siege by Saitō Dōsan. Dōsan successfully repelled the combined efforts of the Toki and Oda forces.[5]
As part of a long rivalry, Saitō Dōsan fought Oda Nobuhide at the Battle of Kanōguchi. Nobuhide was defeated with the loss of two close relatives,[6] with one being a certain Oda Inaba no Kami.[7]
In 1549, Oda Nobuhide arranged the marriage of his second son and designated heir, Oda Nobunaga, to Nōhime, a daughter of Saitō Dōsan. The union is generally regarded as a formal recognition by Dōsan of Nobuhide’s comparable military standing.[8]
Oda Nobuhide is regarded as one of the early daimyō to recognize the potential of firearms in warfare. In 1550, his son, Oda Nobunaga, impressed his future father-in-law, Saitō Dōsan, by staging a parade of 500 soldiers armed with arquebuses, a remarkable display that highlighted both the Oda clan’s technological advancement and Nobunaga’s forward-thinking military strategy.[9]
Death[]
Oda Nobuhide died on 8 April 1551 as a result of a contagious disease.[10]
Sources[]
- ↑ Jeroen Pieter Lamers, Japonius Tyrannus: The Japanese Warlord, Oda Nobunaga Reconsidered, pg. 22
- ↑ Jeroen Pieter Lamers, Japonius Tyrannus: The Japanese Warlord, Oda Nobunaga Reconsidered, pg. 24
- ↑ Japan Before Tokugawa: Political Consolidation and Economic, John Whitney Hall, Nagahara Keiji (editor), Kozo Princeton, p. 191
- ↑ Samurai Commanders 1 940-1576
- ↑ Mary Elizabeth Berry, Hideyoshi, p. 35
- ↑ Samurai Source book, Stephen Turnbull, pg. 211
- ↑ Jeroen Pieter Lamers, Japonius Tyrannus: The Japanese Warlord, Oda Nobunaga Reconsidered, pg. 23
- ↑ Jeroen Pieter Lamers, Japonius Tyrannus: The Japanese Warlord, Oda Nobunaga Reconsidered, pg. 23
- ↑ War in Japan 1467-1615, Stephen Turnbull, pg. 18
- ↑ Jeroen Pieter Lamers, Japonius Tyrannus: The Japanese Warlord, Oda Nobunaga Reconsidered, pg. 24