Editing Owari

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'''Owari''' (尾張国, ''Owari no Kuni'') was a province of [[Japan]] whose territory now constitutes the western half of {{Wiki|Aichi Prefecture}}<ref name="Wiki"><{{WP|Owari Province}}</ref> Located in the center of the {{Wiki|Nōbi Plain}}, Owari was a small province but particularly wealthy one in terms of agricultural income, being in one of the few flat areas where large-scale cultivation is possible in the mountainous country of Japan.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05">''[[Echoes of History]]'' – Shadows – Episode 5: Oda Nobunaga</ref>

By the time [[Oda Nobunaga]] was born in 1534,  Owari was already under the control of the Oda family. [[Oda Nobuhide]], then the de facto family leader, was particularly capable inc ontrolling his family, though was in constant conflict with his neighbors to the {{Wiki|Mino Province|north}} and {{Wiki|Suruga Province|east}}. In 1549, Nobunaga was married to [[Nōhime]], the daugther of [[Saitō Dōsan]], as part of a peace agreement with the Mino province to the north.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05"/> In 1551, Nobuhide died, leading to [[Oda Nobunaga]] inheriting control over the province.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 02">''[[Echoes of History]]'' – Shadows – Episode 2: The Unification of Japan</ref>After dealing with internal threats from his family,in 1560, Nobunaga defeated an [[Battle of Okehazama|invasion]] by [[daimyō]] [[Imagawa Yoshimoto]] from the east, even when his forces had been outnumbered by 10 to 1.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05"/> This victory led to Owari entering an alliance with the {{Wiki|Mikawa Province}} to the east.<ref name="Echoes Shadows 05"/>

==Appearances==
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{1stm}}

==References==
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[[Category:Provinces of Japan]]