Oda Katsunaga (1568-June 21, 1582) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through early Azuchi-Momoyama Period, who was the fifth son of Oda Nobunaga. Though he was a potential heir for Oda family headship, Katsunaga was ordered to be taken in by his aunt at Iwamura Castle at an exceedingly young age. However, as the castle was captured by forces under the Takeda in 1572, Katsunaga, then only four, became a hostage to the Takeda. Takeda Katsuyori returned Katsunaga to the Oda clan in 1581, where he was allowed the delegated hold over Iwamura castle. One year later, Katsunaga accompanied his father to Honnoji. When Akechi Mitsuhide attacked Honnoji and killed Nobunaga, Katsunaga was killed while defending the Nijō Palace (Nijō-gosho). Katsunaga's son Oda Katsuyoshi became a retainer of Oda Nobukatsu; later, Katsuyoshi became a retainer of the Maeda clan of the Kaga Domain. (more)
Type: person
Genres: politics
-
Oda clan:
The Oda clan was a family of Japanese daimyo who were to become an important political force in the unification of Japan in the mid-16th century. Though they had the climax of their fame under Oda Nobunaga and fell from the spotlight soon after, seve
-
Samurai:
Samurai is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. The word samurai is derived from the archaic Japanese verb samorau, changed to saburau, meaning "to serve"; thus, a samurai is a servant, i.e. the servant of a lord.
-
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
-
Azuchi-Momoyama period:
The Azuchi-Momoyama period came at the end of the Warring States Period in Japan, when the political unification that preceded the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate took place. It spans the years from approximately 1568 to 1603, during which ti
-
Takeda clan:
The Takeda was a famous clan of daimyō (feudal lords) in Japan's late Heian Period to Sengoku period. The Takeda were descendants of Emperor Seiwa (850-880) and are a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji), by Minamoto no Yoshimitsu (1056-1127), b
-
Akechi Mitsuhide:
, nicknamed Jūbei or Koretō Hyūga no Kami, was a samurai who lived during the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan. Mitsuhide was a samurai and a general under daimyo Oda Nobunaga, although he later betrayed Nobunaga and caused him to commit seppuku. Born
-
Takeda Katsuyori:
was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku Period, who was famed as the head of the Takeda clan and the successor to the legendary warlord Takeda Shingen. He was the son of Shingen by the , the daughter of Suwa Yorishige. Katsuyori's children included Tak
-
Kaga Domain:
The Kaga Domain was a powerful feudal domain in Kaga, Noto and Etchū Provinces of Japan (present-day Ishikawa Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture) during the Edo period. The domain was founded by Maeda Toshiie and headed by the Maeda clan. Its income ra
-
Maeda clan:
The Maeda clan was a branch of the Sugawara clan who descended from Sugawara no Kiyotomo and Sugawara no Michizane in the eighth and ninth centuries. It was one of the most powerful samurai families in Japan and they were second only to the Tokugawa
-
Oda Nobukatsu:
Oda Nobukatsu was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period. He was the second son of Oda Nobunaga. He survived the decline of the Oda clan from political prominence, becoming a daimyo in the early Edo period.
 |
Have you tried vTap yet? See everything, miss nothing!
|
