Hall, John Whitney ''et al.'' (1991). ''The Cambridge History of Japan'', volume 4, p. 115 was a Japanese

samurai were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the '' daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They ...

, and the fourth son of the famed feudal warlord

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 was adopted by

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at a young age. At the time of Nobunaga's death in 1582, Hidekatsu was at Kojima in

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. During the funeral, he held his birth father's mortuary tablet ('' ihai''). Afterwards, Hidekatsu received Kameyama Castle in

Tanba Province was a province of Japan in the area of central Kyoto and east-central Hyōgo Prefectures. Tanba bordered on Harima, Ōmi, Settsu, Tajima, Wakasa, and Yamashiro Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was . In terms of the Gokishichidō sys ...

(modern day

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, Kyoto Prefecture). Shortly after Nobunaga's death, Hidekatsu assisted Hideyoshi during the

Battle of Yamazaki The was fought in 1582 in Yamazaki, Japan, located in current-day Kyoto Prefecture. This battle is sometimes referred to as the Battle of Mt. Tennō (天王山の戦い ''Tennō-zan no tatakai''). In the Honnō-ji Incident, Akechi Mitsuhide, ...

, Hidekatsu and his biological older brother, Oda Nobutaka, were used as a banner of a battle of revenge, and defeated Akechi Mitsuhide. He also served Hideyoshi during the

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and Battle of Komaki and Nagakute in 1584. Hidekatsu suddenly died in 1586, with many people believing that Hidekatsu was killed on the orders of Hideyoshi.

Family

*Father:

(1536–1582) *Adopted Father:

(1536–1598) * Brothers: ** Oda Nobutada (1557–1582) **

Oda Nobukatsu was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi–Momoyama period. He was the second son of Oda Nobunaga. He survived the decline of the Oda clan from political prominence, becoming a ''daimyō'' in the early Edo period. Though often described as an inco ...

(1558–1630) ** Oda Nobutaka (1558–1583) **

Oda Katsunaga was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through early Azuchi-Momoyama Period, who was the fifth son of Oda Nobunaga. At a very young age, Katsunaga, then known as "Gobomaru", was given in adoption to Toyama Kagetou and his wife, Lady Ots ...

(1568–1582) ** Oda Nobuhide (1571–1597) ** Oda Nobutaka (1576–1602) ** Oda Nobuyoshi (1573–1615) ** Oda Nobusada (1574–1624) ** Oda Nobuyoshi (died 1609) ** Oda Nagatsugu (died 1600) ** Oda Nobumasa (1554–1647) * Sisters: ** Tokuhime (1559–1636) ** Fuyuhime (1561–1641) **

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(died 1632) ** Eihime (1574–1623) ** Hōonin ** Sannomarudono (died 1603) ** Tsuruhime

Notes

References

* Hall, John Whitney, McClain, James L. and Jansen, Marius B. (1991). ''The Cambridge History of Japan.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.. Samurai 1568 births 1586 deaths Oda clan {{japan-hist-stub