Oda Nobukatsu

Oda Nobukatsu
織田 信雄
Daimyō of Uda-Matsuyama
In office
1615–1630
Preceded byFukushima Takaharu
Succeeded byOda Takanaga
Personal details
Born1558
DiedJune 10, 1630(1630-06-10) (aged 71–72)
NationalityJapanese
SpouseKitabatake Tomonori's daughter
Parents
Nickname"Oda Nobuo"
Military service
Allegiance Oda clan
Toyotomi clan
Tokugawa shogunate
UnitKitabatake clan
Battles/warsTenshō Iga War
Battle of Shizugatake
Battle of Komaki and Nagakute
Siege of Odawara
Korean Campaign
Siege of Osaka

Oda Nobukatsu (織田 信雄, 1558 – June 10, 1630) also known as Kitabatake Tomotoyo was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi–Momoyama period. He was the second son of Oda Nobunaga. He was adopted as the head of the Kitabatake clan from Ise Province. He survived the decline of the Oda clan from political prominence, becoming a daimyō in the early Edo period. Though often described as an incompetent general, Nobukatsu was a skilled warrior. In the battle of Komaki and Nagakute, he used a 13th-century tachi of the Fukuoka Ichimonji school, to slay a samurai known as Okada Sukesaburō, therefore the blade was known as "Okada-giri Yoshifusa", now a national treasure.