Oda Nobunaga: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Jeroen P. Lamers, Japonius Tyrannus: The Japanese Warlord: Oda Nobunaga Reconsidered (2000), is the only book-length biography of Nobunaga in English. Gyūichi Ōta, The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga (2011), is a translation by J.S.A. Elisonas and J.P. Lamers of Shinchō kōki (early 17th century), an account of Nobunaga’s life written by one of his chief retainers. Tadachika Kuwata, Oda Nobunaga (1964; reissued 1985); and Ryōichi Suzuki, Oda Nobunaga (1967; reissued 1976), are two standard biographies in Japanese. George B. Sansom, A History of Japan, 1334–1615 (1961; 8th printing, 1993), vol. 2 of his classic three-volume history; and John Whitney Hall et al. (eds.), Early Modern Japan (1991; reprinted 1997), vol. 4 of The Cambridge History of Japan, also provide useful information on Nobunaga’s era.
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Article History
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| Invalidated site: CORE - Oda Nobunaga, Guns, and Early Modern Warfare in Japan (PDF). | Jul 27, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jun 17, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Oda Nobunaga, Guns, and Early Modern Warfare in Japan (PDF). | Sep 06, 2025 | ||
| Updated “Honnō Temple” to “Honnō-ji.” | Apr 22, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - The Essay - Japan in Five Lives - Oda Nobunaga : Warlord. | Feb 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Samurai Archives - Oda Nobunaga. | Aug 21, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 29, 2024 | ||
| Article revised to mention the Black samurai Yasuke. | May 09, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - Oda Nobunaga: The Rise of One of Japan's Earliest Unifiers. | Mar 31, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ministry of Defence and the Singapore Armed Forces - Biography of Oda Nobunag. | Jan 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Oda Nobunaga. | Aug 22, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 27, 2021 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Jan 20, 2015 | ||
| Article revised and expanded. |
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Jan 20, 2015 | |
| Media added. | Nov 16, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Military History Encyclopedia on the Web - Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582). | Jan 18, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |