The Battle of Inō was a battle fought during the
Sengoku period (16th century) of Japan.
The battle was fought in
Owari Province
was a province of Japan in the area that today forms the western half of Aichi Prefecture, including the modern city of Nagoya. The province was created in 646. Owari bordered on Mikawa, Mino, and Ise Provinces. Owari and Mino provinces were ...
, in what is now
Nishi-ku, Nagoya, between two forces of the
Oda clan: the head of the clan
Oda Nobunaga
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' and one of the leading figures of the Sengoku period. He is regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan.
Nobunaga was head of the very powerful Oda clan, and launched a war against other ''daimyō'' to unify ...
and his brother
Oda Nobuyuki, who with the support of
Oda Nobuyasu,
Shibata Katsuie and
Hayashi Hidesada, rebelled against Nobunaga.
The three conspirators were defeated at the Battle of Inō, but they were pardoned after the intervention of
Tsuchida Gozen, the birth mother of both Nobunaga and Nobuyuki.
Nobuyuki began his second rebellion in 1557, but was defeated and his
Suemori Castle was destroyed by Nobunaga's retainer
Ikeda Nobuteru.
In 1558, however, Nobuyuki again planned to rebel. When Nobunaga was informed of this by
Shibata Katsuie, he faked illness to get close to Nobuyuki and assassinated him in
Kiyosu Castle.
References
1556 in Japan
Ino
Ino or INO may refer to:
Arts and music
*I-No, a character in the ''Guilty Gear'' series of video games
*Ino (Greek mythology), a queen of Thebes in Greek mythology
*INO Records, an American Christian music label
*Ino Yamanaka, a character in th ...
Conflicts in 1556
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