Oda Nobunaga (dec 23, 1568 – dec 23, 1582)

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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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