Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga ( 1534 – 82 )Japanese warrior, who overthrew many powerful daimyo in an attempt to end the disorder of the Ashikaga period. He was assisted by Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu – and by the fact that many of his troops were armed with muskets, introduced by the Portuguese after 1542 . In 1568 he entered Kyoto and in 1573 he drove out the shogun . He began “sword hunts” to disarm much of the population and organized land surveys. By the time he was assassinated by one of his followers, firm rule had...
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