This leader achieved victory over one group by forcing the surrender of Hongan-ji in Osaka.
This leader achieved victory over one group by forcing the surrender of Hongan-ji in Osaka. This man built the first hirayamajiro, or flatland-mountain castle, at Azuchi. He was fatally attacked by his own general, Akechi Mitsushide. In one early victory, a thunderstorm helped him defeat the much larger force of Imagawa Yoshimoto at Okehazama. The enemy and eventual subduer of the Ikko-ikki, this leader provided the bulk of the matchlock-equipped army that withstood a cavalry charge by Takeda Katsuyori's forces at Nagashino. He placed one family's Yoshiaki on the throne as his puppet before deposing him in 1573. For 10 points, name this man who overthrew the Ashikaga shogunate and united half of Japan, paving the way for his ally, Tokugawa Ieyasu, to found his own shogunate.
This leader achieved victory over one group by forcing the surrender of Hongan-ji in Osaka.
Oda Nobunaga