Oda Nobunaga (23 Dez 1568 Jahr – 23 Dez 1582 Jahr)
Beschreibung:
 A group of daimyo wanted to take over the country
1568: Oda Nobunaga defeated their rivals and took over the capital
Motto = "rule the empire by force"
Wanted to eliminate rivals and wealthy Buddhist monasteries aligned with the daimyo
1575: Nobunaga's 3,000 soldiers crushed enemy samurai army (firearms- muskets were used effectively for the first time)
- was not enough to unify Japan
1582: one of his own generals turned against him- he committed Seppuku (ritual suicide of a samurai) 
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Datum:
23 Dez 1568 Jahr
23 Dez 1582 Jahr
 ~ 14 years