#martial
#japan #familyemblem #martial#arts
I have posted this in the past, but once is not enough for a really good thing, and I have an addition to its fame.
In 1582, Oda Nobunaga was the most powerful warlord in Japan. Known as the first Great Unifier, Nobunaga ended a period of mass civil war and restored the island nation to one unified system of power. Through his conquests, Nobunaga gained many allies, including Tokugawa Ieyasu (Toranaga in Shōgun), Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Taikō), Hosokawa Fujitaka (Toda Hiromatsu), and Akechi Mitsuhide (Mariko’s father, Akechi Jinsai). This unification was quite brief, however, as Nobunaga was inexplicably betrayed by Akechi. In what’s known as the Honnō-ji incident, Nobunaga’s loyal vassal assassinated him in a surprise attack.
