Those versions depict Akechi Mitsuhide as leading the attack against Nobunaga, who is said to have committed ritual suicide while the temple went up in flames, on June 2, 1582. Not quite true ...

The city government announced the discovery of Akechi Mitsuhide's Sakamoto Castle on Feb. 7. He is believed to have led the coup against Nobunaga, who was on the verge of unifying Japan.

The famed leader Oda Nobunaga had two righthand men who contributed to unifying the nation One was Akechi Mitsuhide and the other Kinoshita Tokichiro both rivals of each other for higher ...

His name is Akechi Mitsuhide. At this time, there is plenty of internal strife within the Toki clan which rules Mino. Surrounded by the Oda of Owari, the Imagawa of Suruga and the Asakura of ...