Ōta Gyūichi, Shinchō Kōki: a Standard history source. Covers AD 1568 – 1582, with 86 events in chronological order. Text license and provenance included.
| Type | Standard history |
|---|---|
| Viewpoint | Insider account |
| Years covered | AD 1568 – 1582 |
| Events | 86 events, 79 placed on the map |
| Author | 太田牛一 |
| Original title | 信長公記 |
Regions: Japan 79 · China 7
| Year | Place | Event | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| AD 1568 | 箕作山城 | Nobunaga's army attacked Minakuriyama Castle, attacking from the hour of the Monkey into the night until it fell. | 巻一(四) |
| AD 1568 | 觀音寺城(觀音寺山) | Once Kannonjiyama was taken, the remnants surrendered. Hostages were taken and the lands left as before, pacifying the whole province. | 巻一(四) |
| AD 1568 | 芥川城 | After camping at Yamazaki, Nobunaga accompanied Yoshiaki, who took up residence at Akutagawa Castle. | 巻一(四) |
| AD 1568 | 池田城(摂津) | Attacked Ikeda Castle (Ikeda Chikugo). Ikeda Chikugo-no-kami surrendered and gave hostages. | 巻一(四) |
| AD 1568 | 六條本國寺(京) | Yoshiaki returned from Akutagawa and entered Rokujo Honkoku-ji. The realm rejoiced. | 巻一(四) |
| AD 1569 | 六條(京) | The Miyoshi Triumvirate and others stormed Rokujo Honkoku-ji in fierce fighting. Several of the defenders fell. | 巻二(一) |
| AD 1569 | 二條城(京) | Construction of the Nijo Palace began. Stone walls were built high, with craftsmen and timber mobilized from within and around the capital. | 巻二(三) |
| AD 1569 | 阿坂城 | Kinoshita Tokichiro attacked Asaka Castle as the vanguard. The attackers suffered light wounds and withdrew, and the castle surrendered and was abandoned (the subject of the original is vague). | 巻二(六) |
| AD 1569 | 大河内城(伊勢) | Okawachi Castle was handed over to Takigawa Sakon and Tsuda Kamon, and the provincial governor and his son withdrew to Kasagizaka. | 巻二(七) |
| AD 1570 | 手筒山城(越前 敦賀) | Nobunaga personally surveyed Tezutsuyama Castle on the Tsuruga side, attacked and took it. The original gives a tally of "heads, 1,370" (about 1,370 heads). | 巻三(四) |
| AD 1570 | 朽木(구쓰키) | At the end of the 4th month he pulled the army out via Kutsuki-goe and gathered troops in Kyoto. Kutsuki Shinano-no-kami guided the way. | 巻三(四) |
| AD 1570 | 野洲河原(落窪, 野洲) | When Shotei and his son raised the Nango ikki and came out to the Yasu River, Shibata and Sakuma defeated them at Ochikubo. The original gives "780" (about 780 heads). | 巻三(六) |
| AD 1570 | 姊川(姉川) | The Nobunaga-Ieyasu alliance met the Azai-Asakura army at the Ane River and defeated it. The original gives "over 1,100 principal men killed or captured" (about 1,100 heads). | 巻三(八) |
| AD 1570 | 佐和山城 | Nobunaga camped at Sawayama Castle and surrounded it with a deer-fence. Units were placed at key points such as the Higashi-Dodoya residence. | 巻三(八) |
| AD 1571 | 坂本(宇佐山 근방) | The great Azai-Asakura army charged into the town of Sakamoto by two routes. Mori Sanzaemon and others fell fighting them. | 巻三(十) |
| AD 1571 | 長島城(長島一向一揆) | Nobunaga's army attacked Kawachi-Nagashima by three entrances. Units from several directions advanced and engaged the ikki forces. | 巻四(三) |
| AD 1571 | 火燒比叡山(比叡山) | Nobunaga surrounded Mount Hiei and burned all the temples including the Konpon Chudo. Monks and laity were slaughtered (as the original describes). | 巻四(五) |
| AD 1572 | 虎御前山(虎後前山) | Nobunaga built a fortress on Toragozeyama and stationed Hashiba Tokichiro there as garrison commander. | 巻五(三) |
| AD 1572 | 竹生島 | Naval units put out ships and attacked Chikubushima with large guns and arquebuses. | 巻五(三) |
| AD 1573 | 三方原(身方か原, 浜松 북서) | Takeda Shingen's army attacked the Ieyasu side at Mikatagahara, and Hirate Jinzaemon and many others fell. Ieyasu broke through the middle of the army and got away. | 巻五(四) |
| AD 1573 | Imazu (Katata) | The Oda army attacked Imakatata. Akechi Jubei lashed boats together to block the lake side, broke through the attack gap around noon, killed many of the enemy and pacified most of Shiga District. | 巻六 節三 |
| AD 1573 | Makishima | On the 18th of the 7th month, crossing the Uji River from two directions, Nobunaga's men attacked Makishima Castle. Yoshiaki surrendered and left the castle, and was sent to Wakae Castle escorted by Hashiba Hideyoshi. The effective end of the Muromachi shogunate. | 巻六 節八 |
| AD 1573 | Ichijōdani | On the 18th of the 8th month Nobunaga camped at Ryumon-ji in Fuchu, and Yoshikage abandoned his Ichijodani residence and fled. At Yamada-no-sho Rokubo in Ono District, his retainer Asakura Shikibu-tayu killed Yoshikage. The head was carried to Ryumon-ji in Fuchu and presented to Nobunaga on the 24th of the 8th month. The Asakura house fell. | 巻六 節十一 |
| AD 1573 | Tsuruga (Tone-zaka) | At the Tonezaka pass the Asakura army collapsed and was pursued for 11 ri to Tsuruga, nearly annihilated. About 3,000 heads according to the register in the text. | 巻六 節十一 |
| AD 1573 | Odani | On the night of the 27th of the 8th month Hashiba Hideyoshi seized Kyogokumaru and took Azai Shimotsuke's residence, splitting Azai father and son. The next day Nobunaga had Azai Bizen and others killed and sent two heads to Kyoto to be displayed. The Azai house fell. | 巻六 節十一 |
| AD 1573 | Kyoto (Nijō) | While Nobunaga was staying at Myokaku-ji on Nijo in Kyoto, Miyoshi Sakyo-dayu turned traitor and attacked with his retainers. Many Miyoshi retainers took their own lives together, and Sakyo-dayu committed seppuku. | 巻六 末尾(霜月四日) |
| AD 1574 | Echizen | On the 19th of the 1st month Maeba Harima, formerly Echizen's deputy governor, was killed by his retainers. The Echizen ikki rose, which led to the ikki forces taking control of Echizen. | 巻七 節二 |
| AD 1574 | Nara (Tōdaiji) | On the 28th of the 3rd month the storehouse of the Shosoin at Todai-ji was opened and 1 sun 8 bu was cut from the six-shaku piece of the famed incense Ranjatai. | 巻七 節四 |
| AD 1574 | Takatenjin (Takatenjin Castle) | On the 5th of the 6th month Takeda Katsuyori besieged Takatenjin Castle in Totomi. Ogasawara in the castle was on Nobunaga's side, so Nobunaga prepared support. | 巻七 節七 |
| AD 1574 | Nagashima | On the 29th of the 9th month, when the Nagashima Ikko ikki asked to surrender and began to withdraw, Nobunaga shot them down with arquebuses. Over 20,000 men and women trapped in Nakae and Yanagashima castles were burned by fires set on all sides. | 巻七 節十一 (말미) |
| AD 1575 | Takaya | On the 8th of the 4th month Nobunaga's army attacked Takaya Castle, fighting fiercely at the Fudoban entrance. On the 19th of the 4th month Miyoshi Shoga apologized through Yukan and was pardoned. | 巻八 節三 |
| AD 1575 | Nagashino | On the morning of the 21st of the 5th month the Nobunaga-Ieyasu alliance fired several hundred arquebuses in volleys from the camp in front of Nagashino Castle, breaking the Takeda attacks. The Takeda army was routed and withdrew. | 巻八 節四 |
| AD 1575 | Fuchu (Echizen) | On the 15th of the 8th month, after taking Ryumon-ji in Fuchu, 2,000-odd horsemen of the Echizen and Kaga western-province ikki were cut down in the town of Fuchu. The Echizen ikki forces were largely broken. | 巻八 節七 |
| AD 1575 | Kitanoshō (Fukui) | On the 2nd of the 9th month Nobunaga moved from Toyohara to Kitanosho, fixed the castle layout and ordered construction. He divided the Echizen districts among his men. Later Kitanosho Castle. | 巻八 節七 |
| AD 1576 | Azuchi | On the 1st of the 4th month, stone walls of large stones began to be built on Mount Azuchi and construction of the tenshu started. Carpenters and craftsmen from nearby areas were mobilized. | 巻九 節一 |
| AD 1576 | Kizugawa-guchi (Osaka) | On the 15th of the 7th month about 800 large Mori ships tried to bring provisions into Osaka. The Oda side blocked Kizugawaguchi with some 300 ships and confronted them. Many of Nobunaga's naval commanders fell. | 巻九 節五 |
| AD 1577 | Saika (Saikano-shiro) | From the 18th of the 2nd month Nobunaga's army entered Saiga territory and attacked enemy forces who had set up palisades along the Ozaiga River. They burned the Saiga area and split their forces to surround it. | 巻十 節一 |
| AD 1577 | Tedorigawa (Kaga) | On the 8th of the 8th month, with Shibata Shuri-no-suke as commander, the army set out for Hokuriku, advanced toward Kaga, crossed the Tedori River and burned Komatsu, Motoori, Atago, Togashi and other places. Hashiba Hideyoshi returned to camp without reporting and incurred Nobunaga's anger. | 巻十 節六 |
| AD 1577 | Shigisan | On the night of the 10th of the 10th month Akita-jonosuke Nobutada and others attacked Shigisan Castle by night; when arrows and bows ran out, Matsunaga set fire to the tenshu and died. The text narrates it as the cause of the burning of the Great Buddha Hall. | 巻十 節九 |
| AD 1578 | Miki Castle | On the 23rd of the 2nd month Hashiba Hideyoshi marched into Banshu; Bessho Kosaburo, asserting his own claim, holed up in Miki Castle. This led to the later attack on Miki. | 巻十一 節四 |
| AD 1578 | Kanki Castle | On the night of the 15th of the 7th month, entering the Higashi-no-maru in two columns and pressing on to the Naka-no-maru on the 16th, they killed Kanki Minbu-shoyu, set fire to the tenshu and more than half of it burned. Hashiba's side attacked the Nishi-no-maru. Kanki Castle fell. | 巻十一 節八 |
| AD 1578 | Itami (Arioka Castle) | On the 21st of the 10th month a report of Araki Settsu-no-kami's rebellion arrived. Nobunaga sent envoys demanding his mother as a hostage, but he did not comply and prepared to hold out. This led to the fighting around Itami. | 巻十一 節十三 |
| AD 1578 | Kizugawa-guchi (Osaka) | On the 6th of the 11th month over 600 western ships set out toward Kizu. Six large ships of Kuki Uma-no-jo met them with a volley of cannon fire, driving hundreds of western ships into Kizu Bay. | 巻十一 節十三 |
| AD 1578 | Tamba (Hatano) | In the 12th month Koretoh Hyuga-no-kami, with his own troops alone, surrounded the Hatano residence in Tanba for three ri on all sides, ringing it with moats, fences and palisades, and placed officers in the town houses to keep watch. | 巻十一 節十五 |
| AD 1579 | Azuchi | On the 27th of the 5th month, the religious debate between the Hokke and Jodo sects at Azuchi. By the judgment the Hokke side lost, and Nobunaga had Owaki Densuke and others beheaded and the Hokke monks beaten (as narrated in the text). | 巻十二 節四 |
| AD 1579 | 安土城 | The three Hatano brothers of Tanba were captured alive and sent to Azuchi, where they were crucified at the end of Jion-ji-machi. | 卷十二 (五) 丹波國波多野兄弟張付之事 |
| AD 1579 | 黑井城 | Attacked Kuroi Castle, held by Akai Akuemon, cut down ten-odd enemies, and the rest surrendered. | 卷十二 (六) 赤井惡右衞門退參之事 |
| AD 1579 | 尼崎市 | On the night of the 2nd of the 9th month Araki Settsu-no-kami slipped out of Itami Castle with five or six others and moved to Amagasaki. | 卷十二 (七) 荒木伊丹城妻子捨忍出之事 |
| AD 1579 | 有岡城(伊丹城) | On the 15th of the 10th month Hoshino, Yamawaki, Oki and others inside Itami Castle rebelled and the castle collapsed internally; they set fire to the samurai quarter. | 卷十二 (十三) 伊丹城謀叛之事 |
| AD 1579 | 京都 | The procession of Prince Masahito to the new Nijo palace: a line of court nobles and daimyo passed along Muromachi-dori from Ichijo. | 卷十二 (十六) 親王樣二條御新造へ行啓之事 |
| AD 1579 | 尼崎市 | At Nanamatsu near Amagasaki, 122 women of the Araki clan were crucified. Including that day, over 510 people were executed. | 卷十二 (十八) 伊丹城相果たし御成敗之事 |
| AD 1580 | 三木城 | After the long siege of Miki Castle, Bessho Kosaburo, Hikoshin and others killed their wives and children and took their own lives (hour of the Monkey). The end of Miki Castle. | 卷十三 (一) 播州三木落居之事 |
| AD 1580 | 大坂(大阪城) | On the 2nd of the 8th month the Hongan-ji (Osaka) side withdrew. Several hundred ships from Saiga and Awaji came to meet them, and the Osaka temple complex burned for three days. | 卷十三 (九) 大坂退散之事 |
| AD 1580 | Sakuma father and son, having received Nobunaga's letter of reprimand, left Mount Koya and fled deep into Kumano in Kii. | 卷十三 (十一) 佐久間林佐渡丹羽右近伊賀々々守事 | |
| AD 1581 | 京都 | On the 28th of the 2nd month, the horse parade (Omumazoroe) with daimyo and lesser lords of the five home provinces and neighboring provinces took place on the east horse ground of the Imperial Palace. The emperor viewed it. | 卷十四 (二) 御馬揃之事 |
| AD 1581 | 高天神城 | More than half of those holding Takatenjin Castle starved to death, and the survivors broke through the palisades and died fighting. Heads: 688 (Ieyasu side's register). | 卷十四 (三) 高天神干殺歷〻討死之事 |
| AD 1581 | 鳥取城 | On the 25th of the 6th month Hashiba Hideyoshi set out for the Chugoku (over 20,000 horsemen), passed through Bizen and Mimasaka, burst into Inaba and began to besiege Tottori Castle. | 卷十四 (六) 因幡國取鳥城取詰之事 |
| AD 1581 | 伊賀國 | Nobukatsu set out for Iga Province and attacked from four directions (Koka-guchi, Shigaraki-guchi, Kabuto-guchi and Yamato-guchi), annihilating the ikki. | 卷十四 (九) |
| AD 1581 | 鳥取城 | On the 25th of the 10th month Tottori Castle fell. Those holding it were driven to the brink of starvation, and the three commanders of the castle committed seppuku and presented their heads. Miyabe Zensho-bo was made castle warden. | 卷十四 (十二) 因幡國取鳥果口之事 |
| AD 1581 | 羽衣石城 | On the 26th of the 10th month, the Nanjo brothers of Hoki were in a castle on our side, but Kikkawa took the field and surrounded Nanjo-omote. Hashiba came to the rear to support. | 卷十四 (十三) 伯耆國南條表發向之事 |
| AD 1581 | 淡路國 | On the 17th of the 11th month, when Hashiba and Ikeda Katsukuro handed troops over to Awaji Island and attacked Iwaya, Iwaya was handed to Ikeda Katsukuro on the terms of a petition. | 卷十四 (十四) 淡路島被申付之事 |
| AD 1582 | 高遠城 | On the 2nd of the 3rd month, the attack on Takato Castle. Nobutada split his men into the main gate and rear gate parties, climbed over the walls and took over 400 heads including Nishina Goro. | 卷十五 (六) 信州高遠之城中將信忠卿被攻之事 |
| AD 1582 | 新府城 | On the 3rd of the 3rd month Takeda Katsuyori set fire to the Shinpu residence and withdrew. Several hostages burned to death. | 卷十五 (八) 武田四郞甲州新府退散之事 |
| AD 1582 | 天目山之戰 | On the 11th of the 3rd month Takeda Katsuyori and his son and forty-odd court ladies fell fighting after being surrounded. The heads of Katsuyori and his son were presented to Nobutada. | 卷十五 (十) 武田四郞父子生害之事 |
| AD 1582 | 富山城 | On the 11th of the 3rd month at Toyama Castle, the ikki leaders Kojima Rokuzaemon and Karoto Shikibu confined Jinbo Etchu-no-kami inside the castle. Shibata, Sassa, Maeda, Sakuma and others surrounded it. | 卷十五 (十一) 越中富山之城神保越中居城謀叛之事 |
| AD 1582 | On the 3rd of the 4th month the destruction of Erin-ji: over 150 people young and old, high and low, were burned to death (including the elder Kaisen). | 卷十五 (二十) 惠林寺御成敗之事 | |
| AD 1582 | Hamamatsu | Ieyasu's party left Hamamatsu at dawn and crossed the Imagire ferry, with hospitality boats mobilized. | 巻十五 天正10年4月17日(조각 줄 5368~) |
| AD 1582 | Chiryu (池鯉鮒) | Passing through Okazaki, Akasaka and other places, they stayed the night at Chiryu. | 巻十五 天正10年4月18日 |
| AD 1582 | Kiyosu | Passed through as far as Kiyosu. | 巻十五 天正10年4月19日 |
| AD 1582 | Gifu | Moved on to Gifu and stayed there. | 巻十五 天正10年4月20日 |
| AD 1582 | Azuchi | While Nobunaga was returning from Gifu to Azuchi, he was entertained at Sawayama, Yamazaki and other places. | 巻十五 天正10年4月21日 |
| AD 1582 | Azuchi | Right after returning to Azuchi, troops were mobilized to prepare a sortie to Awa in Shikoku to help Shin-Kobe Sanshichi (Nobutaka). | 巻十五 天正10年4月21日(節二十四) |
| AD 1582 | Sumiyoshi (住吉) | On reaching Sumiyoshi, he had ships prepared for crossing to Shikoku. | 巻十五 天正10年5月11日(節二十五 앞) |
| AD 1582 | Takamatsu (備中) | Hashiba Hideyoshi attacked castles in Bitchu and took Sukumozuka Castle and others. Nobunaga conveyed an order that after pacifying the Chugoku he would go on to Kyushu. | 巻十五 天正10年5月15日(節二十六) |
| AD 1582 | Takamatsu (備中) | Hideyoshi drove the flooding attack on Takamatsu Castle, impounding the water. He stood off against the Mori relief army. | 巻十五 天正10年5月15日(節二十六) |
| AD 1582 | Kameyama (丹波) | Akechi Mitsuhide, ordered to take the field in the Chugoku, left Sakamoto and arrived at Kameyama Castle in Tanba. | 巻十五 天正10年5月26日(節二十九) |
| AD 1582 | Akechi Mitsuhide held a hundred-verse renga session at the Nishi-bo on Mount Atago. | 巻十五 天正10年5月28日(節二十九) | |
| AD 1582 | Kyoto | Nobunaga went up to Kyoto, leaving the main castle at Azuchi to the caretaker retainers. He was due to set out for the Chugoku right after. | 巻十五 天正10年5月29日(節三十) |
| AD 1582 | Kameyama (丹波) | At Kameyama in Tanba, Akechi Mitsuhide resolved to rebel, strike Nobunaga and go for the realm. | 巻十五 天正10年6月1日夜(節三十一) |
| AD 1582 | Kyoto Honnōji | Akechi's army surrounded Honno-ji from five directions and attacked. Nobunaga took his own life in the inner hall. | 巻十五 天正10年6月2日(節三十二) |
| AD 1582 | Kyoto Nijō | Oda Nobutada was surrounded at the Nijo palace and took his own life. | 巻十五 天正10年6月2日(節三十三) |
| AD 1582 | The Yamaoka brothers refused to join Akechi and burned the Seta bridge to block the road. | 巻十五 天正10年6月2日(節三十四 앞) | |
| AD 1582 | Uji (宇治田原 대용) | While Ieyasu was withdrawing via Ujitawara-goe he met ikki forces, and Anayama Baisetsu was killed. | 巻十五 天正10年6月2日(節三十五) |
| AD 1582 | Atsuta (熱田) | Ieyasu boarded a ship at Kuwana and arrived at Atsuta harbor. | 巻十五 天正10年6月2日(節三十五) |
| AD 1582 | Sakamoto (坂本) | Akechi Mitsuhide returned to Sakamoto and entered the castle. | 巻十五 天正10年6月2日(節三十四) |
| AD 1582 | Azuchi | An order was given to abandon Azuchi Castle: take the gold, silver and swords from the keep, set fire to it and leave. | 巻十五 天正10年6月3日(節三十四) |