Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582)

Akechi Mitsuhide (明智光秀, 1528-1582), also known under the title Koretō Hyūga no Kami (惟任日向守), was one of the principal captains of hegemon Oda Nobunaga and his assassin.

A man of obscure origins, Mitsuhide was said to have been born into the Toki-Akechi family of the Toki clan (土岐氏) and sided with Saitō Dōsan (斎藤道三, 1494-1556), the daimyō of Mino Province when Dōsan's son Yoshitatsu rebelled against his father. Dōsan was...

Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582)