Okehazama Battlefield: Tracing Nobunaga's Lightning Strike
In the fifth month of Eiroku 3 (1560), the minor lord Oda Nobunaga launched a surprise attack at Okehazama against the much larger force of Imagawa Yoshimoto, killing him. This battle marked the starting point of Nobunaga's path to unification. This article traces the battle and Nobunaga's consolidation of Owari through five historic sites.