Today's article is about someone you probably know from video games and anime.





One of the many fan-favorite female characters, Nohime(濃姫) is often depicted someone who is "fitting" to be the wife of the "evil" Nobunaga. Some like to go the "villain" route, some go for the "mature" and "sexy" route. Some do both.

What was she like in history? Well, maybe some of these pop cultural depictions are true to a certain extent. We will never know for sure. Women in the era were usually not recorded as well as men were, but some of the modern depictions can probably be traced to the story I am about to tell.

Last time we talked about the Battle of Kanouguchi(加納口の戦い), where Oda Nobuhide's invasion of Saitou Dousan's Mino province failed and he suffered great losses.



After such a disastrous defeat, the Oda had to find ways to salvage the situation. They discussed what the next step should be. The old man Hirate Masahide, Nobunaga'…