Some samurai need no introduction. Oda Nobunaga, for example, is one of the most famous people dead or alive in Japan, and I would expect anyone reading this article to at the very least have heard his name. Other samurai need a considerable introduction. One such warrior is Oda Ujiharu, the man attributed with the title of weakest samurai of all of Sengoku. That’s right……
Some men need no introduction. In Japan’s case, no one man needs less of an introduction than Oda Nobunaga. I’m willing to bet more Japanese people know his name than the full name of the current prime minister. Undoubtedly the most famous samurai of all time, he ranks in the top three of virtually every samurai ranking that has been conducted in the modern age….
Congratulations on reaching part two of the Muromachi era overview. I had to split this one into two because there’s so much to get through. It’s such a complicated era, the majority of which consists of non-stop fighting for control of the shōgunate and, by extension, the country(which, to be fair, doesn’t differentiate it much from the era that came before it). Luckily, the Ōnin…
