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Portrait of Oda Nobunaga

Unknown Japanese painterCirca 1583

Kobe City Museum

Kobe City Museum
24 Kyo-machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan

Oda Nobunaga (1534-82) was the one of the most powerful daimyo in the late 16th century Japan. He brought Japan's central region under his control, but he was killed by Akechi Mitsuhide, who was the one of his senior statesmen, at the Honoji temple in 1582.
Nobunaga was well known as an enlightened lord and he had interest in European people visiting in Japan, their culture, and their trading items. As for christianity, he didn't reject the petition for the mission by the Jesuits and allow them to build churches in Kyoto and Azuchi.
This portrait is supposed to be painted in 1583 to commemorate the first anniversary of Nobunaga's death.

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  • Title: Portrait of Oda Nobunaga
  • Creator: Unknown Japanese painter
  • Creator Lifespan: 16th century - 16 or 17th century
  • Creator Nationality: Japan
  • Date: Circa 1583
  • Physical Dimensions: w36.8 x h73.3 cm
  • Type: Painting
  • External Link: 「織田信長像」の日本語情報
  • Medium: 絹本著色
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