>_________________________________________________________________
>
> Question: I seem to recall reading from one source
> that the reason Mitsuhide
> slew Nobunaga is that while Nobunaga was besieging a
> castle he decided to
> burn it down. From what I remember, Mitsuhide's
> mother was inside and while
> Nobunaga knew this he still set the castle on fire.
> Problem is I cannot find the source that I read this
> from. Does anyone know
> if this is indeed what happened?
>
> Jeff M.
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nate Ledbetter [SMTP:ltdomer98@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 11:36 AM
> To: samuraihistory@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [samuraihistory] Akechi Mitsuhide
>
> Those more knowledgeable on this board will probably
> have more information, but the information you cited
> is incorrect. Nobunaga I believe had signed a truce
> with the Bessho family in Harima, and as was customary
> each side sent hostages (hitojichi?). Bessho Nagaharu
> was sent to Nobunaga, and Nobunaga sent Akechi
> Mitsuhide's mother. Some time later Nobunaga decided
> to go back on this truce and killed Nagaharu. The
> obvious response for the Bessho was to kill
> Mitsuhide's mother.
>
> Additionally, Mitsuhide suffered several humiliations
> at the hands of Nobunaga, who seemed to enjoy
> "screwing with him." noted incidents include his
> firing of Mitsuhide as the organizer of one of
> Nobunaga's big wig parties in Kyoto in 1582, shortly
> before his betrayal.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Nate
>
> --- Jeff Mayo <irishman_2k@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Question: I seem to recall reading from one source
> > that the reason Mitsuhide
> > slew Nobunaga is that while Nobunaga was besieging a
> > castle he decided to
> > burn it down. From what I remember, Mitsuhide's
> > mother was inside and while
> > Nobunaga knew this he still set the castle on fire.
> > Problem is I cannot find the source that I read this
> > from. Does anyone know
> > if this is indeed what happened?
> >
> > Jeff M.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> I was under the impression that Mitsuhide sort of_________________________________________________________________
> acted on his own in
> turning his mother over to get the castle to
> surrender, and (I'm doing a
> rough paraphrase from memory here) when Nobunaga
> found out, he had the
> person(s) who surrendered executed, resulting in the
> death of mitsuhide's
> mother. I don't think nobunaga actually sent
> mitsuhide's mother, I think he
> just took advantage of that fact when he found out.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nate Ledbetter [SMTP:ltdomer98@...]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 11:36 AM
> > To: samuraihistory@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [samuraihistory] Akechi Mitsuhide
> >
> > Those more knowledgeable on this board will
> probably
> > have more information, but the information you
> cited
> > is incorrect. Nobunaga I believe had signed a
> truce
> > with the Bessho family in Harima, and as was
> customary
> > each side sent hostages (hitojichi?). Bessho
> Nagaharu
> > was sent to Nobunaga, and Nobunaga sent Akechi
> > Mitsuhide's mother. Some time later Nobunaga
> decided
> > to go back on this truce and killed Nagaharu. The
> > obvious response for the Bessho was to kill
> > Mitsuhide's mother.
> >
> > Additionally, Mitsuhide suffered several
> humiliations
> > at the hands of Nobunaga, who seemed to enjoy
> > "screwing with him." noted incidents include his
> > firing of Mitsuhide as the organizer of one of
> > Nobunaga's big wig parties in Kyoto in 1582,
> shortly
> > before his betrayal.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Nate
> >
> > --- Jeff Mayo <irishman_2k@...> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Question: I seem to recall reading from one
> source
> > > that the reason Mitsuhide
> > > slew Nobunaga is that while Nobunaga was
> besieging a
> > > castle he decided to
> > > burn it down. From what I remember, Mitsuhide's
> > > mother was inside and while
> > > Nobunaga knew this he still set the castle on
> fire.
> > > Problem is I cannot find the source that I read
> this
> > > from. Does anyone know
> > > if this is indeed what happened?
> > >
> > > Jeff M.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nate Ledbetter [SMTP:ltdomer98@...]
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 12:19 PM
> To: samuraihistory@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [samuraihistory] Akechi Mitsuhide
>
> THat may very well be the case...like all, just
> relating the story I understood to be true.
> Unfortunately too much of my knowledge comes from
> Taiga drama.
>
> Nate
>