Tenka Jin No Chichi Oda Nobuhide Nobunaga Ha Nani Wo Manabi, Da No Ka (Shodensha Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] Oda Nobunaga has been regarded as a destroyer of medieval authority, a pioneer and reformer of the early modern period, but his reputation has been changing in recent years. This book demonstrates the influence of his father, Nobuhide, in the methods of warfare, foreign policy, economic policy, and vassal control that are regarded as his originality. Nobuhide was one of the most successful feudal lords in the Warring States period, having risen from being a vassal to the most powerful man in Owari in a short period of time. However, due to the paucity of historical records, his real image has been a mystery. In this study, the author, a leading scholar on Nobunaga, has revealed the achievements of Nobuhide and Nobunaga over two generations by reading and interpreting many historical documents, including primary sources. This book will change the image of Nobunaga, who was called a genius, a devil king, and even a revolutionary.

織田信長は中世的権威の破壊者、近世の開拓者、改革者とされてきたが、近年その評価が変わりつつある。彼の独創的とされる戦闘方法、外交政策、経済政策、家臣統制に、父・信秀からの影響があったことを実証したのが本書である。信秀は、守護代家臣から短期間で尾張随一の実力者に伸し上がった、戦国の出世大名の一人である。しかし、史料の少なさから、その実像は謎とされてきた。今回、信長研究の第一人者である著者が、一次史料を含む多くの史料を読み解き、信秀、信長二代にわたる事績を明らかにした。天才、魔王、革命家とまで称された信長像は本書で変わるだろう。