Oda Nobuhide
| Oda Nobuhide 織田信秀 |
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| Nickname(s) | Tiger of Owari 尾張の虎 |
| Born | 1510 Owari Province |
| Died | April 8, 1551 (aged 41) Owari Province |
| Rank | Head of Oda clan |
| Relations |
Tsuchida Gozen (wife) Oda Nobunaga (son) Oda Nobuyuki (son) |
| Other work | Buddhist monk |
Oda Nobuhide (織田 信秀?, 1510 – April 8, 1551) was a warlord and magistrate of lower Owari Province during the Sengoku period of Japan. His father was Oda Nobusada and Nobuhide was the father of Oda Nobunaga.
As the head of the Oda clan, Nobuhide was involved in open warfare as he was fronted to the north by Saitō Dōsan, daimyō of Mino Province, and to the east by Imagawa Yoshimoto, the daimyo of Mikawa, Suruga, and Tōtōmi provinces. However, he was never able to fully unite Owari Province. Though he managed to hold his own against any of the opponents, constant internal struggles within Oda clan prevented him from achieving a complete victory.
In 1547, he was defeated at the Battle of Kanōguchi by Saitō Dōsan. but in 1549, Nobuhide made peace with Saitō Dōsan by arranging a political marriage between his eldest son, Nobunaga, and Saitō's daughter, Nōhime. Supported by Dōsan, Nobuhide focused on facing Imagawa. In one of his moments of glory, he managed to capture Matsudaira Motoyasu en route to Imagawa as a hostage. He was thus able to gain some footholds into Mikawa. His remains are interred in a little-known alley near Osu Kannon temple in Nagoya.
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