Oda Nobunaga (23 dic 1568 anni – 23 dic 1582 anni)
Descrizione:
 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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Data:
23 dic 1568 anni
23 dic 1582 anni
 ~ 14 years