Naoe's House

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Naoe's House after the invasion of Iga

Naoe's House was the former home of Fujibayashi Naoe and her father Nagato, situated within the eastern part of the Mibuno Vale region in Iga Province, Japan.

History

In 1569, with the Imperial Regalia's location being compromised, Tsuyu left to protect them but was stopped by Naoe. Before leaving, Tsuyu told Naoe to stay with her father before leaving. As a result, she led her league, the Kakushiba ikki, for the defense of the Regalia. Yet, the league was ultimately decimated, except for Tsuyu, Momochi Sandayu, and Hattori Hanzō. In the night, Tsuyu returned with the Jewel and entrusted Nagato to care for it while she left for the others. However, she never returned and when Sandayu came back, he claimed that she had died.

In the following years, Naoe and Nagato had lived in the home until Oda Nobunaga's invasion of Iga on 30 September 1581. The house was heavily damaged as a result of the fighting, and after the invasion, the Fujibayashi family's neighbors considered rebuilding the house but eventually abstained so that it served as a reminder of the war. Matsu, a family friend of Naoe and Nagato, spent time sleeping on a futon in the ruined house in the hopes that both father and daughter would return.

By June 1582, Matsu began to lose hope and subsequently wrote a final letter addressed to Naoe, hoping that she would still be alive and able to read it some day. The elderly woman then embarked on a journey to the mountains in the south, where she hoped to retire and spend her final days. As Matsu had wished, Naoe eventually returned to her former house and found Matsu's letter shortly after she had departed. Naoe then quickly left the house to find and reunite with her "auntie".

In 1585, after Naoe freed her mother Tsuyu from Awaji and returned the Imperial Regalia of Japan to Emperor Ōgimachi, Tsuyu returned to Iga and began rebuilding the old Fujibayashi home. When Naoe and her ally Yasuke later came to visit her, the work was nearly finished.

Gallery

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  Concept art of Naoe's House before the invasion
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  Concept art of Naoe's House before the invasion
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  Concept art of Naoe's House before the invasion
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  Concept art of Naoe's House after the invasion

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Shadows (first appearance)
  • Claws of Awaji
• Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Tales of Iga