Who Is Oda Nobukatsu (Kanjuro) (Oda Nobuyuki)?
Nobunaga's younger brother, who rebelled against him twice
Oda Nobukatsu
Oda Nobukatsu was the younger brother of Oda Nobunaga, a warrior called "Kanjuro" in the Shinchō Kōki. He is also widely known as "Nobuyuki," but documents from his own time show names such as "Nobukatsu." He fought his brother for leadership of the clan and was finally killed on his brother's orders.
At their father's funeral, he behaves with perfect courtesy in a neat formal vest and hakama trousers, and is compared with his brother, who throws incense at the altar. In time, backed by the Hayashi brothers and Shibata Gonroku (Katsuie), he turns against Nobunaga and is defeated at the Battle of Ino in 1556. Their mother pleads for his life and he is spared once, but he plots rebellion again. This time Shibata informs Nobunaga, and when Kanjuro goes to Kiyosu Castle to visit his brother, who is feigning illness, he is killed.
The year of his death is given as either 1557 or 1558. His son, Tsuda Nobusumi, was later raised up as a commander under Nobunaga.
Episodes featuring this character2
NEWEpisode 1
He Hurled Incense at His Father's FuneralThe Great Fool of Owari
The whole town laughs at the young lord they call the Great Fool. But one young archer, Ota Gyuichi, sees what nobody else does: the young lord training alone at dawn. At his father's funeral, the young lord hurls incense at the altar. Then his guardian, Hirate Masahide, takes his own life. In Episode 1, what was the first thing the chronicler wrote down?
19 pages
NEWEpisode 3
He Forgave His Brother Once. Only Once.The Battle of Ino
Saito Dosan, his wife's father and the one man who believed in him, is dead, and the young lord Oda Nobunaga is suddenly alone. His polite younger brother Kanjuro, his mother's favorite, is pushed by ambitious retainers into rising against him. Nobunaga forgives him once. He doesn't forgive him a second time.
19 pages