What is Oda Nobunaga?
{{japanese name|Oda}} [[File:Oda Nobunaga Portrait Sanpoji Temple c1582-1586.jpg|thumb|Oda Nobunaga, drawn by Giovanni Niccolò]] {{nihongo|'''Oda Nobunaga'''|織田 信長}} (23 June 1534 – 21 June 1582) was a [[Japan]]ese [[daimyo]]. Son of [[Oda Nobuhide]]. He was born in [[Owari Province]], he succeeded to daimyo in 1551, he defeated his brother [[Oda Nobuyuki]], [[Shiba Clan]] to stable his strength. In 1560, he defeated the strongest daimyo [[Imagawa Yoshimoto]] and became famous. In 1567, he defeated [[Saitō Clan]], changed the name [[Inabayama Castle]] to [[Gifu]], later his army went to [[Kyoto]] and control the emperor and [[Ashikaga Shogunate]]. But the [[Shogun]] [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki]] plot to make a campaign to against Oda, Nobunaga still defeated them among 10 years, ended the shogunate, and controlled 20 provinces in central Japan. When he try to conquer Japan, his officer [[Akechi Mitsuhide]] killed him at a temple named [[Honnō-ji]]. [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] was a follower of Nobunaga. {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Oda, Nobunaga}} [[Category:1534 births]] [[Category:1582 deaths]] [[Category:Daimyo]] [[Category:People from Aichi Prefecture]] {{bio-stub}}