Before he died at Honnouji in 1582, the great warlord Oda Nobunaga stood before a statue of Buddha and thought to himself that he'd committed so many sins that he'd very likely be reborn as a dog.

Into that chaos stepped Oda Nobunaga. Brilliant, bold, and brutal when he needed to be, Nobunaga began the long process of reunifying Japan. He would succeed — but it would also cost him his own ...

Positioned atop Mount Kinka looking down on the southern bank of the Nagara River, Gifu Castle was where warlord Oda Nobunaga (1534–82) began mapping out his campaign to unify Japan. Although he ...

Oda Nobunaga was born in 1534, in the middle of the Warring States period (1467–1568). The Ashikaga clan had established the Muromachi shogunate in 1338, but its control in the east of the ...

One day, Kichō, the 14-year-old wife of the real-life Sengoku (Warring States) period warlord Oda Nobunaga, does appear in front of him after having apparently traveled through time. She mistakes ...

Oda Nobunaga, a powerful warlord in the 16th century, launched ambitious military campaigns that brought nearly a third of Japan under his control. His drive to unify Japan laid the foundation for ...

A descendant of the famed warlord Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582) attended a memorial service held at Enryakuji temple on Mount Hiei on Sept. 12, the 450th anniversary of the atrocity, to commemorate the ...