Akechi Mitsuhide
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An Edo period painting of Akechi Mitsuhide.
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| Born | March 10, 1528 |
| Died | July 17, 1582 (aged 54) |
| Other names | Jubei |
Akechi Mitsuhide (明智 光秀?, March 10, 1528 – July 17, 1582), first called Jūbei from his clan and later Koretō Hyūga no Kami (惟任日向守?) from his title, was a samurai and general who lived during the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan. His full name was thus Akechi Jūbei Minamoto-no-Mitsuhide (明智 十兵衛 源の光秀).
Mitsuhide was a general under daimyō Oda Nobunaga, although he became famous for his rebellion against Nobunaga in 1582, which led to Nobunaga's death at Honnō-ji.
He was born in Tara castle, Mino Province-now Gifu Prefecture Mitsuhide is a descendant of the Toki-Akechi family of the shugo Toki clan. Mitsuhide is rumored to be a childhood friend or cousin of Nōhime. It is believed that he was raised to be a general among 10,000 by Saitō Dōsan and the Toki clan during their governorship of the Mino province. When Dōsan's son, Saitō Yoshitatsu, rebelled against his father in 1556, Mitsuhide sided with Dōsan.
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