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Oda Nobunaga: Oda Nobunaga (June 23, 1534-June 21, 1582) was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy shugo (military governor) with land holdings in Owari province. Oda Nobunaga. Samurai Wiki.

Ii Naomori: Ii Naomori (井伊直盛, 1506-June 12, 1560) a retainer of the Japanese clan of Imagawa in the Sengoku period of the 16th century. Following the Battle of Okehazama during the year of 1560, Naomori ended up being killed in battle when trying to protect his

Hattori Kazutada: Hattori Kazutada was a samurai during the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods in Japan. He was also known as Hattori Koheita (服部小平太) and Hattori Unemenokami (服部采女正). Kazutada was born in Owari Province in central Japan. He started out as a page to Od

Asahina Yasutomo: Yasutomo was an officer under the Imagawa clan. After the Imagawa was greatly defeated at the Battle of Okehazama, he was one of very few retainers who still stood strong with the Imagawa. When his new lord, Imagawa Ujizane, the son of Imagawa Yoshim

Mōri Yoshikatsu: Mōri Yoshikatsu was a vassal under Oda Nobunaga during Japan's Sengoku period. He was also known as Mōri Shinsuke (毛利新助 or 毛利新介) and Mōri Shinsaemon (毛利新左衛門). In 1560, he participated in the Battle of Okehazama on Nobunaga's side and assisted Hattori

Siege of Marune: The Siege of Marune was a battle during the Sengoku period (16th century) of Japan. Marune was known as a frontier fortress that was currently under the possession of Oda Nobunaga. Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was at the time a forced retainer of the Imagawa

Tokugawa Ieyasu: Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Ieyasu seized power in 1600, received appointment as shogun in 1603, abdicated

Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan. He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Sengoku period. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, after Hideyoshi's castle. He is

Kyoto: Kyoto , commonly pronounced by English speakers as /ki'əʊtəʊ/) is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture,

Sengoku period: The Warring States period was a time of social upheaval, political intrigue, and nearly constant military conflict in Japan that lasted roughly from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century. Although the Ashikaga shogunate