ODA NOBUNAGA'S
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Unlike his successor Toyotomi Hideyoshi, whose diehard habits include writing long and winding and candid and emotional personal letters to his mom, his wife, his concubines, his Captains, and his boss (who always got mad whenever receiving trivial dispatches); unlike one of the strongest warlords of Oda's days, Uesugi Kenshin of Echigo, who loved to write to his enemies (Oda Nobunaga got one of such letters); Oda Nobunaga left nothing but a speck of basix about his family matters (although he did write letters of biz; click here for pictures). All about it was told of by other people (Toyotomi, for one). He got married once, that far we know. There was only one Lady Oda; that, too, we know. He had some concubines, too, like every other warlord, but of these and everything else to that direction Oda himself didn't care to say anything. What we know is just that one of these women was the one Oda Nobunaga really loved. Just before you click out of this page, I have to slush in a little note: everybody else seems to refer to the 16th century warlords' female relatives and such as 'Princess' in the English-speaking world. I never do that. And I will never do it here at this site. I will only translate the Japanese suffix '-hime' as 'Princess' if we are talking about daughters of the Emperor or wives of the Emperor's sons. Other than that, 'Lady' is the right form of address. You know their husbands and brothers and dads were not Kings. That said, let's take a look at the most famous members of Oda Nobunaga's innermost circle, whose bios have been elaborated, truncated, altered, nipped and tucked in countless fictional products since 1600. |
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you know that there was another warlord in Japan whose name was also NOBUNAGA? (And that his family members were also named the same as Oda Nobunaga's family?) |
