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Japanese name
Kanji
明智 光秀
Hiragana
あけち みつひで
Transcriptions
Romanization
Akechi Mitsuhide
Akechi Mitsuhide (明智 光秀, March 10, 1528 – July 2, 1582),[1] first called Jūbei from his clan and later Koretō Hyūga no Kami (惟任日向守) from his title, was a Japanese samurai general of the Sengoku period. He is best known as the assassin of Oda Nobunaga. For this notorious murder, he was somewhat disparagingly known as the "Nine Day Shogun". Mitsuhide was originally a bodyguard of Ashikaga Yoshiaki and later, one of the trusted generals under daimyō Oda Nobunaga during his war of political unification in Japan.
The Akechi clan crest (Mon (emblem))
Mitsuhide rebelled against Nobunaga for unknown reasons in the Honnō-ji Incident in 1582, forcing the unprotected Nobunaga to commit seppuku in Kyoto.
Mitsuhide attempted to establish himself as shōgun, but was pursued by Nobunaga's successor Toyotomi Hideyoshi and defeated at the Battle of Yamazaki. The 13-days short reign of Mitsuhide is listed as the inspiration for the yojijukugo set phrase mikkatenka (三日天下, short-lived[2] reign).[3][4]
He is still popular in present culture. A ceremonial activity was held on April 15, 2018, in Kyoto.[5]
^Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. Cassell & Co. p. 212. ISBN 1854095234.
^According to the Sanseido reference, 三日 should be understood not literally as three days, but as "ごく短い期間", e.g. an exceptionally short period of time
AkechiMitsuhide (明智 光秀, March 10, 1528 – July 2, 1582), first called Jūbei from his clan and later Koretō Hyūga no Kami (惟任日向守) from his title, was a...
incident at Honnō-ji. The Akechi clan quickly fell from prominence after that. Akechi Mitsutsugu, grandfather of AkechiMitsuhide. Mitsutsugu was father...
daughter of AkechiMitsuhide and Tsumaki Hiroko, the wife of Hosokawa Tadaoki, and a convert to Catholicism. As the last notable survivor of the Akechi clan...
Akechi Mitsuyoshi (明智 光慶, 1569 – July 4, 1582) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period and the eldest son of AkechiMitsuhide. He stayed at Kameyama...
vassal Akechi Mitsuhide, he served Mitsuhide until the latter's death in 1582 at the hands of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He is also known as Akechi Mitsuharu. While...
War, along with Harada Naomasa, AkechiMitsuhide and Araki Murashige. In 1577, Fujitaka along with AkechiMitsuhide and Tsutsui Junkei rendered distinguished...
Incident, AkechiMitsuhide, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga, attacked Nobunaga as he rested in Honnō-ji, and forced him to commit seppuku. Mitsuhide then took...
Nobunaga was killed in the Honnō-ji Incident in 1582, when his retainer AkechiMitsuhide ambushed him in Kyoto and forced him to commit seppuku. Nobunaga was...
originated from her father's name Tsumaki Norihiro. She was the wife of AkechiMitsuhide, a prominent general of the Oda clan, and the mother of Hosokawa Gracia...
Gracia, the daughter of AkechiMitsuhide. In 1582, AkechiMitsuhide rebelled against Nobunaga and Nobunaga was killed. Akechi turned to Hosokawa Fujitaka...
information on references to several historical people in such works. AkechiMitsuhide is featured in various fictional works, mostly as a villain. He is...
Prefecture, Japan. AkechiMitsuhide was the commander of the castle. After the Siege of Mount Hiei, Sakamoto was given to AkechiMitsuhide who built Sakamoto...
domination were thwarted when he fell victim to the treachery of his vassal AkechiMitsuhide who forced Nobunaga into suicide during the Incident at Honnō-ji in...
Sengoku period who served the Akechi clan. He was a cousin of his lord, AkechiMitsuhide. He was the castle commander of Yakami Castle. Control over the Yakami...
Ishiyama Hongan-ji War in 1580. However, he was betrayed by his vassal AkechiMitsuhide, who drove him to suicide in the Honnō-ji Incident of 1582. At the...
ordered his entire army led by Sakuma Nobumori, Ikeda Tsuneoki and AkechiMitsuhide to make a total attack. First, Oda army set fire and burned Sakamoto...
feudal Japan. He was the father of AkechiMitsuhide and brother of "Omi-no-kata" (Saitō Dōsan's wife). His father was Akechi Mitsutsugu (1468-1538) v t e...
Yoshiaki and ending the Ashikaga shogunate; however, he was betrayed by AkechiMitsuhide and died at the Honnō-ji Incident of 1582. Hideyoshi quickly avenged...
(斉藤福), she was a daughter of Saitō Toshimitsu (who was a retainer of AkechiMitsuhide). She was the wet nurse of the third Tokugawa shōgun Iemitsu. Lady...
to control their actions. He died in 1582 when one of his generals, AkechiMitsuhide, turned upon him with his army. Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu...
include: AkechiMitsuhide (明智 光秀, 1528–1582), general of Japan's Warring States period Mitsuhide Hata (畑 満秀, born 1948), Japanese sprint canoer Mitsuhide Iwaki...
Counterattacking forces led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi decisively defeat AkechiMitsuhide's smaller army; Akechi is killed while retreating to his domain.3 July 26 – Battle...
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