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Early Rise of Oda Nobunaga

Type Event Region Asia Time 1520–1530

In the 1520s the Oda clan expanded through the lower four districts of Owari, clashing with the Kiyosaki Oda, the Shiba shugo, and Imagawa agents.

Timeline

  1. 1520–1523Kiyosaki Castle · OwariShiba clan shugo authority declined; Oda Nobutomo of Kiyosaki relied on the Imagawa clan to maintain nominal rule over Owari, while local magnates built castles and expanded independently, ushering Owari into a period of Sengoku fragmentation.
  2. 1524–1525Lower four districts of Owari · OwariOda Nobuhide, head of the Oda Yamato-no-kami house, consolidated branch castles and retainers in the lower four districts, rivaling the Kiyosaki main line and gradually weakening Shiba control over the region.
  3. 1525–1530Owari Province · OwariThe Oda Yamato-no-kami house grew in power, intensifying conflict with Imagawa agents and the Kiyosaki main line. Nobunaga, son of Nobuhide, was born in 1534; the Oda clan already possessed the geographic and retainer base to later challenge Imagawa hegemony.

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