This man was initially disfavored in the succession struggle resulting from his father's death, because he dressed badly and threw incense at the funeral. After leading a siege which ended in the capture of a mountaintop castle, this man renamed the castle, the nearby village, and the province, naming them all Gifu. His innovative military techniques included setting up his gunmen behind a wooden palisade in three ranks, so that their volleys would not be delayed by reloading. He used that strategy at a battle where his (*) arquebusiers contributed to the defeat of the Takeda clan. This winner of the Battle of Nagashino was forced to commit s
This man was initially disfavored in the succession struggle resulting from his father's death, because he dressed badly and threw incense at the funeral. After leading a siege which ended in the capture of a mountaintop castle, this man renamed the castle, the nearby village, and the province, naming them all Gifu. His innovative military techniques included setting up his gunmen behind a wooden palisade in three ranks, so that their volleys would not be delayed by reloading. He used that strategy at a battle where his (*) arquebusiers contributed to the defeat of the Takeda clan. This winner of the Battle of Nagashino was forced to commit suicide by Akechi Mitsuhide in the Honno-ji incident. For 10 points, name this unifier of Japan who was succeeded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
This man was initially disfavored in the succession struggle resulting from his father's death, because he dressed badly and threw incense at the funeral.
Oda Nobunaga 