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Shrine to Akechi Mitsuhide, Kyoto
Shrine to Akechi Mitsuhide, Kyoto

Akechi Mitsuhide - (明智 光秀Akechi Mitsuhide -? 1528? – July 2, 1582 Japanese calendar 6th month 13th day), nicknamed Jūbei or Koretō Hyūga no Kami (惟任日向守?), was a samurai who lived during the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival is the term for the military nobility of Pre-industrial Japan. The written history of Japan begins with brief references in the 1st century AD Twenty-Four Histories, a collection of Chinese historical texts For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.

Mitsuhide was a samurai and a general under daimyo Oda Nobunaga, although he later betrayed Nobunaga and caused him to commit seppuku. The ( were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings ( June 23, 1534 &ndash June 21, 1582) was a major Daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by Disembowelment. Seppuku was originally reserved only for Samurai.

Born in Mino province (now Gifu prefecture) as a descendant of the shugo Toki clan; Mitsuhide began serving Nobunaga after Nobunaga's conquest of Mino province in 1566 and received Sakamoto (in Omi, 100,000 koku) in 1571. one of the Old provinces of Japan, was composed of nearly the entire southern part of modern-day Gifu Prefecture. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines--> is a prefecture located in the Chūbu region of central Japan. was a title commonly translated as "Governor" given to certain officials in feudal Japan. For other meanings of Omi see Omi (disambiguation. is an old province of Japan which today comprises Shiga Prefecture. KOKU (1003 FM, "Hit Radio 100" is a Radio station in the United States territory of Guam. Although Nobunaga rarely put too much trust in his retainers, he particularly trusted Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Hashiba and Mitsuhide Akechi. or was a Japanese military commander during the Sengoku Period who served Oda Nobunaga. After Mitsuhide received Sakamoto he moved to pacify the Tamba region by defeating several clans such as the Isshiki of Tango.

In 1579, he captured Yakami Castle from Hatano Hideharu by promising Hideharu peace terms. Hatano Hideharu (波多野 秀治 Hatano Hideharu, 1541 - June 25, 1579) is the eldest son of Hatano Harumichi and the head of This accomplished Mitsuhide's goal, although Nobunaga betrayed the peace agreement and had Hideharu executed. This displeased the Hatano family, and a short while later several of Hideharu's retainers murdered Akechi Mitsuhide's mother. The situation was fueled through several public insults Nobunaga had directed at Mitsuhide, that even drew the attention of some Western observers. Mitsuhide blamed Nobunaga for his mother's death and the attack at Honnōji on June 21, 1582 (Japanese: 6th month 2nd day) exacted his revenge. The refers to the forced Suicide in June 21[[ 582]] of Japanese Daimyo Oda Nobunaga at the hands of his Samurai Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce.

He has been credited with killing Oda Nobunaga; while Mitsuhide did not execute Nobunaga personally, he did force him to commit seppuku for his betrayal and subsequent murder of Mitsuhide's mother. When they found out about the assassination, both Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu rushed to be the first to avenge Nobunaga and take his place.  was the founder and first Shogun  of the Tokugawa shogunate Hideyoshi got to Mitsuhide first, and Mitsuhide's allies such as Hosokawa Fujitaka, who was related to Mitsuhide through a marriage, betrayed him. ( June 3, 1534 - October 6, 1610) was a Japanese Daimyo of the Sengoku period. Mitsuhide survived for 14 days, until he was defeated by Hideyoshi at the Battle of Yamazaki. The was fought in 1582 in Yamazaki, Japan, located in current day Kyoto Prefecture. Mitsuhide is rumored to have been killed by a peasant warrior with a bamboo spear by the name of Nakamura. Nakamura was a bandit peasant during the 16th century Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan However, there were also rumors that he was not killed, but rather started a new life as a priest called Tenkai.

The Akechi family was able to trace their heritage to the Toki and from there to the Minamoto. was one of the honorary surnames bestowed by the Emperors of Japan of the Heian Period ( 794 – 1185 AD on those of their sons and grandsons who were not It is noted that Minamoto Yorimoto brought the destruction of the Taira clan the same way Mitsuhide brought an end to Nobunaga. For other uses of the word Taira see Taira (disambiguation The was a major Japanese clan in historical Japan The sword of Mitsuhide has Tensho style, in fact, the Tensho Koshirae Iaito was first designed to be a replica of Akechi Mitsuhide's own sword. A is an imitation Katana used for practicing the Japanese martial art of Iaidō.

Akechi Mitsuhide in fiction

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