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    Akechi Mitsuhide

    16th-century samurai; assassin of Oda Nobunaga

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  1. Akechi Mitsuhide (明智 光秀, March 10, 1528 – July 2, 1582), [1] first called Jūbei from his clan and later Koretō Hyūga no Kami (惟任日向守) from his title, was a Japanese samurai general of the Sengoku period. Mitsuhide was originally a bodyguard of Ashikaga Yoshiaki and later, one of the trusted generals under daimyō Oda ...

  2. Feb 5, 2019 · Akechi Mitsuhide. The son of Akechi Mitsukuni (who had held Akechi castle in east Mino province ), Mitsuhide first spent ten years as an unaffiliated warrior in Wakasa province around 1557 to 1567. He served the Saitô of Mino province for a time, and later Asakura Ujikage of Echizen. In 1566 Mitsuhide is supposed to have acted as a messenger ...

  3. Akechi Mitsuhide, on the other hand, was leading 13,000 fully armed soldiers. This was a perfect opportunity for Mitsuhide. [2] [4] Honnō-ji was a fortified temple with stone walls and a moat, and it had a reasonable defense capability, but it was helpless when surrounded by a large army.

    • 21 June 1582
    • Honnō-ji and Nijō Palace, Kyoto, Japan
  4. Feb 15, 2024 · Akechi Mitsuhide (明智光秀, 1528-1582), also known under the title Koretō Hyūga no Kami (惟任日向守), was one of the principal captains of hegemon Oda Nobunaga and his assassin. A man of obscure origins, Mitsuhide was said to have been born into the Toki-Akechi family of the Toki clan (土岐氏) and sided with Saitō Dōsan ...

  5. Akechi Mitsuhide (明智 光秀, March 10, 1528 – July 2, 1582), first called Jūbei from his clan and later Koretō Hyūga no Kami (惟任日向守) from his title, was a Japanese samurai general of the Sengoku period. Mitsuhide was originally a bodyguard of Ashikaga Yoshiaki and later, one of the trusted generals under daimyō Oda Nobunaga ...

  6. An easy-to-understand explanation of Mitsuhide Akechi. During the Sengoku period, the military commanders who left their names in history as Sengoku daimyo included military commanders with a variety of abilities, including those with good physiques, those with outstanding military exploits, those with excellent intelligence, and those with a talent for building castles.

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  8. Other articles where Akechi Mitsuhide is discussed: Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Early career: …revolt led by his retainer Akechi Mitsuhide; Hideyoshi immediately made peace with Mōri, and then moved east to avenge Nobunaga by defeating Mitsuhide, which he accomplished at the Battle of Yamazaki.

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