Honnō-ji Incident

Sengoku Jidai

Akechi Mitsuhide ©Image Attribution forthcoming. Image belongs to the respective owner(s).

1582 Jun 21

Honnō-ji temple, Kyoto, Japan

The Honnō-ji Incident was the assassination of Oda Nobunaga at the Honnō-ji temple in Kyoto on 21 June 1582. Nobunaga was betrayed by his general Akechi Mitsuhide during his campaign to consolidate centralized power in Japan under his authority. Mitsuhide ambushed the unprotected Nobunaga at Honnō-ji and his eldest son Oda Nobutada at Nijō Palace which resulted in both committing seppuku.

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Last Updated: Mon Oct 31 2022

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