Oda clan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(Redirected from Oda family)
Jump to: navigation, search

See also: Iwakura Oda - alternate Oda clan

The Oda clan crest
The Oda clan crest

The Oda clan (織田氏 Oda-shi?) was a family of Japanese daimyo who were to become an important political force in the unification of Japan in the mid-16th century. Though they had the climax of their fame under Oda Nobunaga and fell from the spotlight soon after, several branches of the family would continue on as daimyo houses until the Meiji Restoration.

Contents

The Oda family in the time of Nobunaga claimed descent from the Taira clan, by Taira no Chikazane, a grandson of Taira no Shigemori (1138-1179).

Taira no Chikazane established himself at Oda (province of Echizen) and took its name. His descendants, great vassals of the (Seiwa Genji) Shiba clan, shugo (governors) of Echizen, Owari and other provinces, followed the latter to Owari province and received the Inuyama castle in 1435. This castle was built towards 1435 by Shiba Yoshitake who intrusted its safety to the Oda family. The Oda had been shugo-dai (vice-governor) for several generations.

In 1452, after the death of Shiba Yoshitake the vassals of the Shiba like the Oda in Owari province, or the Asakura clan in Echizen province, refused the succession of Shiba Yoshitoshi (1430-1490) and supported Shiba Yoshikado (+ 1480), and began to divide the large domains of their suzerains among themselves, and had become gradually independent in the domains which had been confided to them.

In 1475 the Oda had occupied the greater portion of Owari province, but the Shiba will continue to try to regain authority until Shiba Yoshikane (+ 1572) who had to leave Owari.

The other famous castle of the Oda is Kiyosu castle, built between 1394 and 1427 by Shiba Yoshishige who entrusted the castle to the Oda family, and named Oda Toshisada vice-governor of the province.

Toshisada had four sons. The fourth son Nobusada who lived in Katsubata castle, was the father of Nobuhide and the grandfather of Oda Nobunaga.

Nobuhide took Nagoya castle in 1525 (it was given to Nobunaga in 1542), and built Furuwatari castle.

Oda Nobutomo held Kiyosu castle but he was besieged and killed in 1555 by his relative Oda Nobunaga who operated from Nagoya castle.

The family was divided into several branches, until one by one the branch led by Oda Nobunaga eclipsed the others and unified its control over Owari.

Then turning to neighboring rivals, it one by one achieved dominance over the Imagawa, Takeda, Asai, Asakura, and other clans, until Nobunaga held control over central Japan. However, Nobunaga's plans for national domination were thwarted when his vassal Akechi Mitsuhide killed him at Honnoji Temple in the summer of 1582. The Oda remained titular overlords of central Japan for a short time, before being eclipsed by the family of one of Nobunaga's chief generals, Hashiba Hideyoshi.

Though the Oda were effectively eclipsed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi following Nobunaga's death, it is not often known that the Oda continued to be a presence in Japanese politics. One branch of the family became hatamoto retainers to the Tokugawa shōgun, while other branches became minor daimyō lords. As of the end of the Edo era, these included Tendo han (also known as Takabatake han; Mutsu Province, 20,000 koku), Yanagimoto han (Yamato Province, 10,000 koku), Kaiju han (also known as Shibamura han; Yamato Province, 10,000 koku), and Kaibara han (Tanba Province, 20,000 koku).

The Oda of Tendo han (天童藩), during the reign of the daimyō Nobutoshi, were signatories to the pact that created the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei.

Kyojō 居城 (Castles of Residence)

  1. Nagoya Castle
  2. Kiyosu Castle
  3. Komakiyama Castle
  4. Gifu Castle
  5. Azuchi Castle

Minor Castles


The article incorporates text from OpenHistory.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda_clan"
Advanced Search
Included Web Search Engines


Safe Search

close

Top Matching Results

Occasionally Search.com will highlight specialized results that are based on the context of your query. Examples of specialized results include specific links to news, images, or video.

Top Matching Results may highlight information from other Search.com pages, content from the CNET Network of sites, or third party content. The listings are based purely on relevance. Search.com does not receive payment for listings in this section but our partners that provide this data may get paid for listing these products.

Sponsored Links

This section contains paid listings which have been purchased by companies that want to have their sites appear for specific search terms and related content. These listings are administered, sorted and maintained by a third party and are not endorsed by Search.com.

Search Results

Search.com sends your search query to several search engines at one time and integrates the results into one list which has been sorted by relevance using Search.com's proprietary algorithm. You can customize the list of search engines included in your metasearch from the preferences.

The search engines that are used in your metasearch may allow companies to pay to have their Web sites included within the results. To view the Paid Inclusion policy for a specific search engine, please visit their Web site. Search.com does not accept payment or share revenue with any search engine partner for listings in this section.