4 FIRST YEAR OF GENKI1570
Characters and Places
Asai Nagamasa, lord of Omi
and Nobunaga's brother-in-law
Asakura Yoshikage, lord of Echizen
Amakasu Sanpei, ninja of the Takeda clan
Takeda Shingen, lord of Kai
Kaisen, zen monk and Shingen's adviser
Sakuma Nobumori, senior Oda retainer
Takei Sekian, senior Oda retainer
Mori Ranmaru, Nobunaga's page
Fujikage Mikawa, senior Asai retainer
Oichi, Asai Nagamasa's wife and Nobunaga's sister
Chacha, Oichi and Nagamasa's eldest daughter
Honganji, headquarters of the
warrior-monks of the Ikko sect
Mount Hiei, mountain east of Kyoto
and headquarters of the Tendai sect
Kai, province of the Takeda clan
Hamamatsu, Tokugawa Ieyasu's castle
Nijo, shogun's palace in Kyoto
Omi, province of the Asai clan
Odani, main castle of the Asai clan
Echizen, province of the Asakura clan