The chronicle of Lord Nobunaga / / by Ota Gyuichi ; translated and edited by J.S.A. Elisonas and J.P. Lamers.

• Superior document: Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 36
• Author: Ota, Gyuichi, 1527-1610?
• TeilnehmendeR: Elisonas, J. S. A., 1937-; Lamers, Jeroen Pieter, 1967-
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 36.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (530 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

Shinchō-Kō ki , the work translated here into English under the title “The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga,” is the most important source on the career of one of the best known figures in all of Japanese history—Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582), the first of the “Three Heroes” who unified Japan after a century of fragmentation and internecine bloodshed. The other two of the triad, Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) and Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616), also make frequent appearances in this chronicle, playing prominent although clearly subordinate roles. So the chronicle also is an important source on their early careers, as it is on a constellation of other actors in Japan’s sixteenth-century drama. The chronicle’s author, Ōta Gyūichi, was Nobunaga’s former retainer and an eyewitness of some of the events he describes. He completed his work about the year 1610.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / G. Ota , J. S. Elisonas and J. P. Lamers -- Chronology and Dramatis Personae / G. Ota , J. S. Elisonas and J. P. Lamers -- Introduction / G. Ota , J. S. Elisonas and J. P. Lamers -- [ Initial Book ] This Is A Book On What Happened Before Nobunaga’s March On Kyoto. Ōta Izumi Composed This / G. Ota , J. S. Elisonas and J. P. Lamers -- Book I Ōta Izumi No Kami Composed This. And It Records The Life Of Lord Oda Danjō No Jō Nobunaga From Eiroku 11 [1568], The Year Of Earth Senior And The Dragon / G. Ota , J. S. Elisonas and J. P. Lamers -- Book II Ōta Izumi No Kami Composed This. Eiroku 12 [1569], The Year Of Earth Junior And The Serpent / G. Ota , J. S. Elisonas and J. P. Lamers -- Book III Ōta Izumi Composed This. Genki 1 [1570], The Year Of Metal Senior And The Horse / G. Ota , J. S. Elisonas and J. P. Lamers -- Book IV Ōta Izumi Composed This. Genki 2 [1571], The Year Of Metal Junior And The Sheep / G. Ota , J. S. Elisonas and J. P. Lamers -- Book V Ōta Izumi No Kami Composed This. Genki 3 [1572], The Year Of Water Senior And The Monkey / G. Ota , J. S. Elisonas and J. P. Lamers -- Book VI Ōta Izumi No Kami Composed This. Genki 4 [1573], The Year Of Water Junior And The Bird / G. Ota , J. S. Elisonas and J. P. Lamers -- Book VII Ōta Izumi No Kami Composed This. Tenshō 2 [1574], The Year Of Wood Senior And The Dog / G. Ota , J. S. Elisonas and J. P. Lamers -- Book VIII Ōta Izumi No Kami Composed This. Tenshō 3 [1575], The Year Of Wood Junior And The Boar / G. Ota , J. S. Elisonas and J. P. Lamers -- Book IX Ōta Izumi No Kami Composed This. Tenshō 4 [1576], The Year Of Fire Senior And The Rat / G. Ota , J. S. Elisonas and J. P. Lamers -- Book X Ōta Izumi No Kami Composed This. Tenshō 5 [1577], The Year Of Fire Junior And The Ox / G. Ota , J. S. Elisonas and J. P. Lamers -- Book XI Ōta Izumi No Kami Composed This. Tenshō 6 [1578], The Year Of Earth Senior And The Tiger / G. Ota , J. S. Elisonas and J. P. Lamers -- Book XII Ōta Izumi No Kami Composed This. Tenshō 7 [1579], The Year Of Earth Junior And The Rabbit / G. Ota , J. S. Elisonas and J. P. Lamers -- Book XIII Ōta Izumi No Kami Composed This. Tenshō 8 [1580], The Year Of Metal Senior And The Dragon / G. Ota , J. S. Elisonas and J. P. Lamers -- Book XIV Ōta Izumi No Kami Produced This. Tenshō 9 [1581], The Year Of Metal Junior And The Serpent / G. Ota , J. S. Elisonas and J. P. Lamers -- Book XV Ōta Izumi No Kami Composed This. Tenshō 10 [1582], The Year Of Water Senior And The Horse. / G. Ota , J. S. Elisonas and J. P. Lamers -- Index / G. Ota , J. S. Elisonas and J. P. Lamers.