History of Asia

Oda Nobunaga's vassal grasping technique when he moved four times because of Tenka Fubu

Honnoji Incident Akechi Mitsuhide Nobunaga Oda who was defeated by the world and could not achieve it in the middle of aiming for unification of the world However, as a hero who ran through the Warring States period, he set out various policies.

Among them, Shingen Takeda and Kenshin Uesugi Oda Nobunaga was probably the pioneer who moved the base according to the strategy in an era when it was common sense for many daimyo to expand their power without changing their base.

Shingen Takeda Is Kai's Kashigasakikan , Kenshin Uesugi Is Kasugayama Castle in Echigo , Hojo Ujimasa Is Sagami's Odawara Castle Even if I expanded my power, I did not change my home base for the rest of my life.

Nobunaga was born in Shobata Castle against other daimyo, and became the lord of Nakono Castle.> I have moved four times to the Honnoji Incident.

Judgments according to the situation at that time made it possible to make that bold strategy by glaring at the daimyo of the expanding front, but no matter how much the order of Mr. Miyagata, the vassals and lords who could deal with it accumulated. It's not a thing.

Nobunaga understood it well, and it seems that he had the understanding of his vassals and lords. This time, let's introduce the technique of grasping the vassals when Nobunaga moves.

Moving episode to Komaki Yamashiro, the base of Mino capture

1562 Around that time, Nobunaga, who won the battle between Okehazama, was a vassal of the Imagawa clan Ieyasu Tokugawa . And Qingzhou Alliance After tying up, I got rid of the anxiety of my patronage and started to capture Mino. At that time, Nobunaga was climbing Ninomiyasan with the old people. Nobunaga, who managed to climb up to the top of the mountain after going on a steep mountain road, told the elders ] And gave specific instructions. * From the original text in Shincho Kouki ...

Translated, [ this is a new residence. Build a mansion of ○○ on that ridge. In this valley, there is a mansion of ○○ ... ] And so on.

Mino capture Nobunaga was planning to move north of the castle as a stepping stone to, but the candidate site was Ninomiyasan that took advantage of the rugged terrain. Was chosen, but it seems that many vassals and lords expressed dissatisfaction with this decision.

According to Shincho Kouki, [ Difficulty and up-and-down annoyances are not mostly ... ]

Today, Kiyosu Castle was one of the best centers in Owari, blessed with water transportation, including the Gojo River that flows beside it. Nobunaga's order to move from the city of Cheongju to Ninomiyasan, which is a steep mountain road, is of course disgusting.

Considering the whimsical decision of Miyagata, the preparation for migration and the inconvenient living in the mountains, the dissatisfaction of all the vassals and the lords was filled day by day. However, I couldn't go against Nobunaga Oda and reluctantly started preparing for the move ...





Oda Nobunaga's policy change [decision] changed the relocation destination to Komakiyama

One day when the relocation date was approaching, Oda Nobunaga and his colleagues finally came to ask Nobunaga to reconsider.

After hearing all the dissatisfactions of all the vassals and the lords from the shukuro, Nobunaga accepted the suggestion, canceled the relocation of Ninomiyasan, and changed the castle to Komakiyama I told you that.

Mt. Komaki Although it is north of Cheongju, it is not a steep place south of Ninomiya, but there is one mountain (Mt. Komaki) overlooking the plain, and a river runs nearby.

It seemed that the vassals couldn't hide their surprise from Nobunaga's decision, but the territories who were willing to move to Ninomiyasan were also pleased with this decision and moved to Komakiyama.

I intended to move to Mt. Komaki from the beginning

In fact, Nobunaga did not intend to move his castle to Ninomiyasan from the beginning. Is called.

Even though it is Mt. Komaki, it is more inconvenient than Cheongju, so in order to maintain the motivation to carry out the next mission, I climbed up to a mountain that was extremely inconvenient and made a play. Moreover, the decision of Ninomiyasan fueled everyone's anxiety and dissatisfaction, and at the timing when it was about to explode, [ Let's listen to everyone's opinions and change to Komakiyama . ] And showed as if he had listened to the suggestion.

Then, it's strange and better than Ninomiyasan ] Just thinking about it makes Mt. Komaki look like an attractive place, and Nobunaga-sama listened to our opinions, so it's two birds with one stone.

Thus, 1563 Moved the castle to Mt. Komaki Nobunaga was able to capture Mino by dropping Inabayama Castle just four years later. He is a terrifyingly unwieldy image of Nobunaga, but he was a very good person who read people's hearts well.