Owari
Owari (尾張国, Owari no Kuni) was a province of Japan whose territory now constitutes the western half of Aichi Prefecture[1] Located in the center of the 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.[2]
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 north and 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.[2] In 1551, Nobuhide died, leading to Oda Nobunaga inheriting control over the province.[3]After dealing with internal threats from his family,in 1560, Nobunaga defeated an invasion by daimyō Imagawa Yoshimoto from the east, even when his forces had been outnumbered by 10 to 1.[2] This victory led to Owari entering an alliance with the Mikawa Province to the east.[2]
Appearances
- Echoes of History (first mentioned)
References
- ↑ <
Owari Province on Wikipedia
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Echoes of History – Shadows – Episode 5: Oda Nobunaga
- ↑ Echoes of History – Shadows – Episode 2: The Unification of Japan