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"Yes, you have your ideals. But I will have a nation."
―Oda Nobunaga.[src]-[m]

Oda Nobunaga (Japanese: 織田 信長; 1534 – 1582) was a powerful daimyō during the Sengoku period of Japan, and the first of Japan's three great unifiers (三英傑). Inheriting the title of daimyō of Owari after his father Oda Nobuhide died in 1551, Nobunaga's carefree lifestyle as a youth neglecting lessons on statecraft meant he had to quickly reconsolidate the Oda clan's power in the region if he hoped to survive.

After securing his position, he set out to unite the country under his banner. His rule was marked by brutal military campaigns, often bringing significant force against the slightest opposition that refused to recognize his authority, first initiating the Ishiyama Hongan-ji War against the Buddhist Ikkō-ikki before twice invading Iga to start the Tenshō Iga War against the shinobi of Iga ikki.

Biography

When the Japanese Assassins made contact with Nobunaga, he was sympathetic to their cause and promised an alliance once he had unified his country. However, after he came into possession of a Sword of Eden, the possibility of an alliance was compromised.[1]

On 21 June 1582, when the daimyō's vassal Akechi Mitsuhide betrayed and attacked him at Honnō-ji in Kyoto,[2] Oda was attacked by Fujibayashi Naoe who had been deceived by Mitsuhide into taking Nobunaga's life. Nobunaga's retainer Yasuke also refused to take Naoe's life and so, a cornered Nobunaga committed seppuku.[3] In the aftermath of his death, Assassin Yamauchi Taka then retrieved the Sword and brought it to Liu Yan, who transported it to China.[4] After Nobunaga's death, his vassal Toyotomi Hideyoshi took over the mantle of conquering the land.[1]

Legacy

In 2014, the Abstergo Entertainment product Memories depicted the events of his death differently due to accessing fragmented genetic memories that had to be altered in order to be viable for viewing. A research analyst reliving the memory of Yamauchi Taka witnessed Taka assassinating Nobunanga and taking his Sword of Eden.[4]

Behind the scenes

Oda Nobunaga is a historical figure and character first introduced in the 2015 digital card game Assassin's Creed: Memories, which depicts his death at the hands of the Assassin Yamauchi Taka in order to retrieve his Sword of Eden. However, the promotional website Who's In Your Blood? for the 2016 Assassin's Creed film does not acknowledge these events.

When Nobunaga later appeared in the 2025 video game Assassin's Creed: Shadows, he is shown committing seppuku during the Honnō-ji incident, like he is recorded to have done in real life. Additionally, the game does not acknowledge Nobunaga being in possession of a Sword of Eden at any point, suggesting that the events of Memories have been retconned.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Memories
  2. ↑ Who's In Your Blood?
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Shadows – Temple of the Horseman
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Assassin's Creed: Memories – Oda Nobunaga

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