![]() ![]() His principal enemy (beyond his own family) was his father's nemesis, the Imagawa. By 1551, however, Nobunaga was the leader of his faction of the Oda and master of Kiyosu. The progress of the next three years is hazy. Nobunaga could hardly refuse, and so Takechiyo ended up in Suruga, even though his father Hirotada had passed away that same year. Sessai besieged Nobuhiro in Anjo castle, and sent word to Nobunaga that unless he wished to see his elder brother made to commit suicide, he would have to send back Takechiyo. The following year Nobuhide died, leaving an Oda clan divided in every possible way.Īnxious to capitalize on the death of his rival, Imagawa Yoshimoto sent his uncle, the talented monk-general Sessai Choro, to attack Nobuhide's heir, Nobuhiro. Later in 1548, Imagawa and Oda met again in battle, and this time the Imagawa came out the winner. Hirotada wisely refused, and Nobuhide, his bluff called, did no harm to the boy. Nobuhide immediately made use of his new card and demanded that Hirotada give up Okazaki in return for his son's life. En-route to Suruga, unfortunately, Oda loyalists intercepted the hostage party and made off with Takechiyo, taking the child to Nobuhide. Hirotada had little choice, and shipped off 6-year old Takechiyo (the future Tokugawa Ieyasu) westward. Yoshimoto replied that he would be happy to help - so long as Hirotada was willing to send along his young son as a hostage. Matsudaira Hirotada thus found himself in difficult straights, and called on Imagawa for assistance. Tadamoto, however, ended up being killed in the attempt, and Oda launched an attack on Okazaki, evidently to make up for the disappointment. In 1548 Nobuhide attempted to arrange the defection of a certain Matsudaira Tadamoto of Mikawa away from Hirotada. In this bitter fight, the Oda emerged victorious, but not decisively. In 1542, Imagawa, supported by the Matsudaira, marched as far west as the Owari border, and was met by Oda Nobuhide and his younger brother Tsuda Nobumitsu at Azukizaka. The decade leading up to 1548 was dominated along the Mikawa-Owari border by the contention of three men - Oda Nobuhide, Matsudaira Hirotada, and Imagawa Yoshimoto. The Matsudaira were as obscure as the Oda, and while not as splintered politically, they were slowly coming under the Imagawa's influence. ![]() The latter were old and prestigious, rulers of Suruga and overlords of Totomi. Many of Nobuhide's battles were fought in Mikawa, against the Matsudaira and the Imagawa clan. ![]() The rival branch was to the north, in Iwakura castle. Nobuhide's branch, of which he was one of three elders, was based at Kiyosu castle. He also had enemies closer to home - the Oda were divided into two separate camps, with both vying for control of Owari's eight districts. Nobuhide was a skilled warrior, and spent much of his time fighting the samurai of Mikawa and Mino. Nobunaga was born Oda Kipposhi, the second son of Oda Nobuhide ( 1508? – 1549), a minor lord whose family once served the Shiba shugo.
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