Oda Nobutomo

Template:Japanese name Oda Nobutomo (織田 信友, 1516 – 10 May 1555) was a Japanese warlord during the Sengoku period. He was head of the Iwakura Oda faction of the Oda clan, and ruled the four southern districts of Owari Province as shugodai (deputy governor). Nobutomo was the uncle of the famous Oda Nobunaga, then a teenager.

After leader of the Oda clan, Nobutomo's older brother Oda Nobuhide, died in 1551, Nobuhide's son Nobunaga was initially unable to assume control of the entire clan. Nobutomo challenged Nobunaga for control of Owari in the name of Owari's shugo (governor), Shiba Yoshimune, technically his superior but in reality his puppet. In 1553, Nobutomo took over Kiyosu Castle, which belonged to Nobunaga. After Yoshimune revealed to Nobunaga an assassination plot in 1554, Nobutomo had Yoshimune put to death. The next year, Nobunaga retook Kiyosu Castle and captured his uncle, forcing him to commit suicide not long after.

See also

• Nobunaga's Ambition (computer game)

References

• 地部/尾張國 - Kojiruien International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Retrieved on January 21, 2009) Template:Ja icon
• Seal, F.W.; West, C.E. (2005). Sengoku Biographical Dictionary.

External links

• Oda Nobutomo at SamuraiWiki