Nobunaga at Honnoji

Nobunaga's Ambition XI: Tenka Sousei, 1 of the 2 animations in the game.

Chinese subtitle

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Nobunaga
• KOEI
• samurai
• ambition
• honnoji
• ranmaru
• mitsuhide
• akechi
• oda

[Juinor]

so what is actually the stories.. i know that mitsuhide kill nobunaga, but what is the whole true?

[Kavino]

Nobunaga was burned to death along with Ranmaru Mori in Honnoji. I guess Mitsuhide had enough of Nobunaga berating and insulting him. After Hideyoshi heard the news he immediately made peace with Mori clan(the one in Chugoku) and rushed back to kill Mitsuhide. After Yamazaki Mitsuhide was killed by peasants while fleeing.

[Kavino]

As of yet there is no consensus on the reason for Mitsuhide's betrayl in Japanese academia. There are many theories, some of the more popular ones include

1. MItsuhide simply got fed up with Nobunaga's cruelty.

2. The exiled shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki conspired with Mori Terumoto and Mitsuhide.

3. It was Hideyoshi's plan all along.

4. It was Tokugawa's way to get revenge after Nobunaga ordered him to kill his wife and son to prove his loyalty.

[drak3y]

@Juinor Go read "Taiko" by Eiji Yoshikawa. It is a MONSTER of a book and takes some liberties in parts, but tells the story rather well.

[superKOEImania]

@Kavino maybe it was just mitsuhide's ambition for power

[Kavino]

Traditional depictions has him portrayed like one, and since I suspect art tend to imitate real life( and vice versa), so he probably is. He is more interested in centralized rule rather than negotiating with vassals like traditional daimyos.

[mrbeate]

Mitsuhide took Yamazaki castle and captured Hideharu Hatano. The Hatano then surrendered if Hiderharu was to live. Aketchi brought Hideharu before Nobunaga, and Nobunaga had her crucified. The Hatano were angered by this and killed Mitsuhide's mother. Aketchi blamed this on Oda and the Honnoji incident happened.

[mrbeate]

Actually now it is confirmed by most historians that Mitsuhide's betrayal because of Nobunaga killing of a woman that resulted in a retaliation from another clan whom killed Aketchi's mother. Mitsuhide also disagrees of the methods of Nobunaga.

[tsuyoshi15]

If Nobunaga had unified Japan, what would he do after words? Trade with europe, or create an empire?

[nydaimyo]

I had just read in a book on samurai that Aketchi had become lord of a castle upon agreement that the previous lord be spared his life. But Nobunaga killed him anyway. The family of the executed lord retaliated by killing Aketchi's mother in turn. That's what may of set off the motivation for Honnoji among other things.