Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (died 1582)

Oda Nobunaga

Japanese samurai and warlord (1534–1582)

Oda Nobunaga was a Japanese daimyō and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. He was the Tenka-bito and regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan. He is sometimes referred as the "Demon Daimyō" and "Demon King of the Sixth Heaven".