Title Oda Nobutada (1557–June 21, 1582)

  • Gifu
Topic(s):
Historic Sites/Castle Ruins
Medium/Media of Use:
Interpretive Sign
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2018
Associated Tourism Board:
bijittoGIFUkyogikai
Associated Address:
18 Gifu-shi , Gifu

織田信忠は織田信長(1534 -1582)の嫡男で相続人であり、1576年から1582年まで岐阜城を統治していた。

彼は多くの主要な戦いで彼の父親に仕えた後に熟練した将軍となり、彼自身でいくつかの戦いで軍を率いた。

1575年の岩村城の包囲戦で、強力な敵である武田氏を倒した。

彼はまた、武田に対し、信貴山城(1577年)と高遠城(1582年)の包囲を指揮した。

1567年の織田家と武田家の和平交渉の一環として、信忠は武田信玄(1521–1573)の娘である松姫(1561-1616)と婚約したが、織田家と武田家の和平協定は、5年後の1572年に信玄と彼の部隊が隣接する三河を侵略し、織田の味方である徳川家康(1543-1616)が打ち破られ、破棄された。その後の戦の中、信長が京都の本能寺に滞在し、信忠が二条城の部隊と共にいる間、信長の重臣であった明智光秀(1528 - 1582)が信長を裏切りこれを攻めた。 信長を打った後、明智とその部下は二条城にいる息子の信忠に注意を向けた。 囲まれた信忠は切腹(seppuku)をした。 彼の父親のように、彼の頭は決して見つけられなかった。

Oda Nobutada was the eldest son and heir of Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) and ruled Gifu Castle from 1576 to 1582. Nobutada had become a skilled general after serving his father in many major campaigns, and he went on to lead armies in a number of battles on his own. He was responsible for defeating the powerful rival Takeda clan during the siege of Iwamura Castle in 1575. He also led the sieges of Shigisan Castle (1577) and Takato Castle (1582) against the Takeda. As part of a peace negotiation between the Oda and the Takeda clans in 1567, Nobutada was engaged to be wed to Princess Matsu (1561–1616), a daughter of Takeda Shingen (1521–1573).

The Oda-Takeda peace agreement was broken by Shingen five years later in 1582 when he and his forces invaded neighboring Mikawa, then held by Oda’s ally Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616). During the ensuing warfare, while Nobunaga was staying at Honnoji Temple in Kyoto and Nobutada was with his troops in Nijo Castle, Nobunaga’s trusted general Akechi Mitsuhide (1528–1582) betrayed and attacked him. Having killed Nobunaga, Akechi and his men turned their attention to his son Nobutada at Nijo Castle. Surrounded, Nobutada committed ritual suicide (seppuku)). Like his father, his head was never found.

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