Editing Oda Nobuhide (section)

==Succession controversy==
Nobuhide's eldest son, Oda Nobuhiro, was [[illegitimate]]. Therefore, Nobuhide designated his eldest legitimate son, Nobunaga, to succeed him as the head of the Oda clan and its small [[Han system|domain]].<ref name="Sansom2">{{Cite book |last=Sansom |first=George |title=A History of Japan, 1334–1615 |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1961 |isbn=0-8047-0525-9 |page=276}}</ref><ref>Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Annales des empereurs du japon, '' p. 381.</ref> Nobunaga, who hardly knew his father and already had a bad reputation as a delinquent in Owari, arrived inappropriately dressed at Nobuhide's funeral and threw [[incense]] at the altar of the temple as he cursed his fate. Nobunaga's behavior and reputation resulted in almost all support that Nobuhide's [[Retainer (medieval)|retainer]]s would have given him to disappear. Almost all Oda retainers and Nobunaga's mother [[Tsuchida Gozen]] favored his younger brother, [[Oda Nobuyuki]], who was considered to be well-behaved and reputable. As a result, Nobunaga was left with support from [[Hirate Masahide]] and his father-in-law Saitō Dōsan, whom he had never met before, and a [[succession crisis]]. Many of Nobuhide's relatives and retainers attempted to usurp his heir, and it would take seven years for Nobunaga to consolidate his power within the Oda clan and finally unite Owari Province. Nobunaga eventually conquered most of Japan, beginning his campaign in Owari, and became known as the first of the three "Great Unifiers" of the Sengoku period.<ref>{{Cite web|last=kato|title=Oda Nobuhide|url=https://samurai-world.com/oda-nobuhide/|access-date=2020-08-23|website=Samurai World|language=ja}}</ref>