Tag: Owari

Tenka Fubu

April 27, 2023 justin-david-hebert Season 9, Sengoku Jidai Comments Off on Tenka Fubu
Season 9, Episode 16: Tenka Fubu
The crest (mon) of the Oda Clan. Source: No machine-readable author provided. Gilyellows assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A portrait of Oda Nobunaga, here depicted in the style of a court noble. Source: Public Domain
Nobunaga’s official seal, which reads, “Tenka Fubu,” meaning “To conquer the world by force of arms.” Source: 百楽兎, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mino Province (in red) was the domain of the Saito Clan. Nobunaga’s conquest and relocation put him much closer to the capital. Source: Ash_Crow, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mikawa Province (in red), the eastern neighbor of Owari Province, was the domain of the newly-independent Matsudaira Clan. Source: Ash_Crow, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Okazaki Castle was the traditional seat of power for daimyo of the Matsudaira Clan. Source: Bariston, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This portrait of Matsudaira Motoyasu (later known as Tokugawa Ieyasu) depicts him in full battle regalia, ready to fight. Source: Public Domain

The Fool of Owari

April 24, 2023 justin-david-hebert Season 9, Sengoku Jidai Comments Off on The Fool of Owari

Oda Nobuhide, the famous “Tiger of Owari,” passed away unexpectedly in 1551, leaving his branch of the Oda Clan in the hands of his son, a rude young man with little sense of propriety or politics called “The Fool of Owari.” Throughout the 1550s, however, Nobunaga would consolidate his rule over the province and even defend it from a terrifying invasion.