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Akechi Mitsuhide

1528–1582 · 16th century

Akechi Mitsuhide was a Japanese general in the service of Oda Nobunaga. In June 1582 he turned on his lord and attacked him at the Honnō-ji temple in Kyoto, where Nobunaga died. Within two weeks Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeated him at the Battle of Yamazaki, and he was killed while fleeing, clearing Hideyoshi's path to power.

Akechi Mitsuhide
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Oda regimeToyotomi regime

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Akechi Mitsuhide. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/akechi-mitsuhide
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