He was a Japanese warrior chieftain and the first unifier of Japan
In 1560 he won his first battle against Daimyo, the most powerful feudal lords in pre-modern Japan
One of Japan’s most successful warlords
Most famously known at the Battle of Okehazama : his forces numbering at 3000 defeated an army of 25 000
He was noted for his mastery of tactics
The Battle of Okehazama changed the economic system and revolutionised the ways Japanese armies used firearms
Japanese warrior Oda Nobunga unified Japan under the rule of the shogun, through alliances and military conquests
In 1561, Saito Yoshitatsu, in Mino suddenly died of illness and was succeeded by his son Saito Taksuoki. Compared to Taksuoki’s father and grandfather, he was young, inexperienced
In 1560 he won his first battle against Daimyo, the most powerful feudal lords in pre-modern Japan
One of Japan’s most successful warlords
Most famously known at the Battle of Okehazama : his forces numbering at 3000 defeated an army of 25 000
He was noted for his mastery of tactics
The Battle of Okehazama changed the economic system and revolutionised the ways Japanese armies used firearms
Japanese warrior Oda Nobunga unified Japan under the rule of the shogun, through alliances and military conquests
In 1561, Saito Yoshitatsu, in Mino suddenly died of illness and was succeeded by his son Saito Taksuoki. Compared to Taksuoki’s father and grandfather, he was young, inexperienced