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0:00in the last episode oda nobunaga
0:02attempted to solidify his authority over
0:05central japan by going to war against
0:07the Asaka clan however in betrayal by
0:10the SI clan to whom his sister was
0:12married would inevitably lead to the
0:14massive battle of panic our Babu naga
0:17would come out victorious yet he now
0:19found himself surrounded by enemies and
0:21now with an ever growing tension boiling
0:24over the central region he must contend
0:26with his rivals and ensure the stability
0:28of his newfound power
0:30[Music]
0:35[Applause]
0:37[Music]
0:58what had once been a manageable
1:00situation for Oda Nobunaga
1:02had now turned into a precarious one by
1:051570 the ODA clan and now rested between
1:08enemies to the north and enemies to the
1:10west along with the threat of the
1:12radical eco Yuki sprinkled within
1:14luckily Nobunaga was surrounded by
1:17competent and loyal commanders who each
1:19exhibited the very finest of strategic
1:21thought and battlefield heroism found
1:23throughout feudal Japan I have touched
1:25on many of his retainers before figures
1:28such as shibata katsuie Maya dato see a
1:32newa naga heeda and hashiba Hideyoshi
1:36yet another prominent figure was about
1:38to enter the mix akechi mitsuhide a if
1:42we remember back to episode 22
1:44Mitsu Heda had been instrumental in
1:46getting a Shi kaga yoshiji aki to reach
1:48out to Nobunaga granting him that
1:50justification he needed for his march on
1:52the capital thus Nobunaga owed much of
1:55his current power to me to heed a in
1:58return
1:59Mitsuki day had become one of Nobunaga's
2:01senior tanners and one of the more
2:03important figures leading Nobunaga's
2:05armies against his foes to the west for
2:08the most part the main threat to the oda
2:09rule in the West was the Miyoshi clan
2:12who had previously held the highest
2:14amount of influence over Kyoto and the
2:16ashikaga shogunate yes ever since the
2:18death of their former Dom yo Yoshi Naga
2:21Yoshi in 1564 the clan had become
2:24disjointed and feeble so much so that
2:27they were unable to stop the oda from
2:29sweeping them out of the capital and
2:30were now being slowly pushed out of
2:32Honshu by Nobunaga's armies however this
2:35also brought the oda
2:36closer to another major threat the main
2:39power base of the eco a key at a Shyama
2:42hongan-ji in modern-day osaka
2:44the radical followers of the Georgian
2:47Chu faith known as the eco Ikki had
2:49established control over a plethora of
2:51locations and although they were not
2:53formally linked together it can be seen
2:55that they all upheld the same mindsets
2:57and stood together against common
2:59enemies the eco Ricky had become a
3:02larger nuisance to the oda than many of
3:04their actual clan rivals by the 15
3:07the Eko Ikki had become a major
3:09powerhouse throughout central Japan even
3:11ruling over the entirety of kaga
3:13province to the north this was due to
3:16their various temples which acted as
3:18hubs of influence their strong
3:20economical power having control over
3:22many important trade routes and their
3:24appeal to all the suppressed lower
3:26classes of society attracting anyone
3:28from Ronin to peasant they were vicious
3:31Hornets who every damn you feared and
3:33their most formidable nest was known to
3:36be the most heavily fortified temple in
3:38the entire country
3:39Yama honganji boo boo Naga knew the eco
3:44Ichi needed to be eradicated if he was
3:46to have any semblance of stability over
3:48the kinky region thus in August of 1570
3:52roughly a month after his victories at a
3:54nagawa Nobunaga and Mitsuki they began
3:56efforts to lay siege to Yama honganji
3:59he ordered the construction of various
4:02fortifications around the vast complex
4:04to which the eco iki forces responded by
4:08launching a massive night raid against
4:10Oda positions a month later severely
4:12weakening the cease lines and allowing
4:14the warrior monks to continue to hold
4:16out it should also be noted that the eco
4:19Ricky had heavily adopted the use of
4:21Western firearms and began using them
4:23impressively behind their fortified
4:25walls of Ishiyama honganji the monks
4:27were able to effectively use their
4:29matchlock temple to formally hold off
4:31any attempt by the hora to assault the
4:33fortress this may have left a lasting
4:35impact on Nobunaga who was an ardent
4:38practitioner of Western firearms himself
4:40as the way in which the monks used their
4:43tempo behind fortifications proved to be
4:46devastatingly efficient this ensured
4:49that the siege of eeschema hongan-ji
4:51would continue indefinitely yet the
4:53warrior monks of Hongwanji were not the
4:55only militant hauled out of monks that
4:57had earned Nobunaga's aggression a year
5:00prior he had lost a battle to the monks
5:02of holgie a castle resulting in the
5:04death of his brother Oda and of walky
5:06and two other sites he would come to
5:08battle the monks at would-be Mount Hiei
5:10and Nakashima and it is the story of
5:13Mount Hiei that can be seen as a turning
5:16point for Nobunaga and the most brutal
5:18in terms of his conflicts
5:20against the monks as the war continued
5:22between the oda and the isaiah sakura
5:25coalition following the Battle of
5:26Onagawa the tain Daiya monks of INRIA
5:29coogee temple atop Mount Hiei had become
5:31equally hostile to the oda
5:33and began lending their support to the
5:35SI and a Sakura
5:37and since Mount Hiei sat literally just
5:40to the north of Kyoto this could not be
5:42allowed as it posed an immediate threat
5:44not only to the capital but also to
5:46Naboo Nagas lines of communication now
5:49before I tell of Nobunaga's actions
5:52against Mount Hiei I want to first give
5:54some brief background information on
5:56Mount Hiei and its significance the
5:59nearly 800 year old temple of Ania
6:01coogee atop Mount Hiei was a cultural
6:03mega center not only was it the
6:06headquarters of the tain dye sect of
6:07Buddhism in Japan but also it's
6:10positioned within the area known as the
6:12demon gate signified that it stood as a
6:15shield protecting the capital from evil
6:17it also housed one of the largest armies
6:20of warrior monks in the entire country
6:22who had frequently marched down to Kyoto
6:25to enforce their religious control over
6:27the city knowing this information may
6:30help us better understand Nobunaga's
6:32next set of actions as what he would do
6:34was completely unexpected perhaps he had
6:38simply grown weary of being constantly
6:40surrounded or maybe he wished to make a
6:43statement against all temples that
6:45opposed him whatever the case what he
6:49would do to Mount Hiei would simply be
6:51remembered as an atrocity in 1571
6:55commanding an army around 30,000 strong
6:58and against the wishes of many of his
7:00retainers Nobunaga ordered the mountain
7:03surrounded he then directed his soldiers
7:06to begin scaling the side of the
7:08mountain killing anyone who stood in
7:10their path once at the top they set fire
7:13to the historic temple and slaughtered
7:15anyone who attempted to flee by the end
7:18anak uji was reduced to ashes and
7:21thousands of civilians and monks alike
7:24were dead
7:26surviving tain died monks would later be
7:28allowed to rebuild in Raqqa G yet Mount
7:31Hiei
7:31would never be able to have an arm
7:33again this is really where we can begin
7:36to see a change within Oda Nobunaga
7:39where previously he could be seen as one
7:42of the more unorthodox leaders in feudal
7:44Japan the massacre at Mount Hiei starts
7:47to showcase a more cruel side to him
7:49that same year Oda forces under the
7:52command of shibata katsuie and Sakuma
7:55Luba Mori also launched the first of
7:57four sieges against the Eco iki
7:59stronghold of Nagashima in Issei
8:01province their first attempt would fail
8:04yet the oda would maintain the pressure
8:07by 1572 back in the capital things were
8:11abysmal between Nobunaga and shogun
8:13Yoshiaki it was clear Yoshiaki was now
8:17desperately reaching out to various
8:19daimyo in attempts to drive out the oda
8:21yet as we have seen thus far no one has
8:24proven capable enough to do so Yoshiaki
8:28needed someone strong a mighty clan that
8:31rivaled the oda in size and number a
8:33clan that could easily reach the oda the
8:37two most realistic candidates for
8:39Yoshiaki were none other than the Mori
8:41clan to the west or the Takeda clan to
8:44the east of the two the Mori were
8:47unlikely to head to war against the oda
8:49just yet and this was for two reasons
8:51first off the more tea were recently at
8:54war with the Otomo clan of Kyushu
8:56another powerhouse to the southwest
8:58however even more pressing was Morimoto
9:01Nuri's failing health by the summer of
9:051571 Motul nadi the great patriarch of
9:08the mori clan who had seen the clan grow
9:10from insignificant to mighty had finally
9:14passed away most likely fearing a drop
9:17in stability if they were to march east
9:19against the Oda molten Oddie's grandson
9:22and current head of the Mori clan Modi
9:24terremoto would decide to ultimately not
9:27move against the aura just yet although
9:29they would inevitably go to war in the
9:33years to come
9:34the story was different to the east as
9:36the Takeda had become arguably the
9:39strongest power east of me no Takeda
9:42Shingen now stood in a prime position to
9:45lead a massive army westward to crush
9:48Nobunaga ultimately we will see that it
9:51is the legendary Takeda Shingen who will
9:54answer yoshi Aki's call for aid and
9:56embark on his own march to the capital
10:00so what can we learn although the oda
10:04faced off against many hostile clans
10:06surrounding the capital
10:08Nobunaga faced an even more insidious
10:10threat in that of the eco Ikki and other
10:13prominent temples that formerly opposed
10:16him this would lead him to lay siege to
10:17the formidable temple fortress of ichi
10:20ama honganji and the temple of Nagashima
10:23in Issei province both initially failing
10:26to capture the fortifications however he
10:29would have far more success at another
10:31location Mount Hiei it was at a Naraku G
10:35temple atop Mount Hiei where he would
10:37commit his most brutal act yet burning
10:39the historic temple and slaughtering
10:41thousands a year later in desperation to
10:44remove Nobunaga from power Shogun
10:47Yoshiaki now reached out to the powerful
10:49mori clan to the west and the mighty
10:51Takeda of the east and although the mori
10:54would soon go to war against the oda it
10:56is Takeda Shingen
10:57who will ultimately take up your
10:59chiaki's cause and begin his campaign
11:01against Nobunaga in the next episode
11:04Takeda Shingen goes to war first
11:07marching against the Tokugawa clan and
11:09engaging Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle
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