Editing Oda Nobunaga (section)

== Portraits and statues ==
[[File:Oda Nobunaga by Kano Eitoku (Daitokuji).jpg|thumb|160px|Oda Nobunaga by Kano Eitoku (Daitokuji)]]
The most famous portrait of Oda Nobunaga is {{Nihongo|''Shihon-tyakusyoku Oda Nobunaga-zō''|紙本著色織田信長像|{{lit|Portrait of Oda Nobunaga in color on paper}}}} ([[Kamishimo]] style) by Kanō Motohide, a National [[Important Cultural Property (Japan)|Important Cultural Property]], owned by Chōkō-ji in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture. Another important cultural property is {{Nihongo|''Kenpon-tyakusyoku Oda Nobunaga-zō''|絹本著色織田信長像|{{lit|Portrait of Oda Nobunaga in color on silk}}}} ([[Sokutai]] style) in the collection of the Kobe City Museum.<ref name="mainichi20190524">{{cite news |date=5 May 2019|title=信長の肖像画、竹の紙に描かれていた 文化庁調査で判明 |trans-title= Nobunaga's Portrait Painted on Bamboo Paper – Agency for Cultural Affairs investigation reveals |url= https://mainichi.jp/articles/20190524/k00/00m/040/206000c |language=Ja |work=[[Mainichi Shimbun]]|location=Tokyo |access-date=7 August 2023|ref=none}}</ref>

There are also two other portraits, one in kamishimo and the other in sokutai, painted by Kanō Eitoku, one of the leading painters of the [[Azuchi–Momoyama period]]. A 2011 survey revealed that the kamishimo used for the memorial service had been redrawn from the original painting. The picture on the front is sober, but the first picture on the back remained in coloring is a gorgeous design with different colors on the left and right of the [[kosode]], and an extra sword. Both ends of the mustache, which were sloppily lowered in the front painting, were raised on the reverse side, giving the face a dignified appearance. It is speculated that Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who came to power after Nobunaga's death, ordered the redrawing to make Nobunaga look weak.<ref name="sankei110607">{{cite news |url= http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/news/110607/art11060708350004-n1.htm |title=派手ならば地味に変えよう信長像 秀吉が描き直し命令?|date=30 April 1961 |newspaper=[[Sankei Shimbun]] |access-date= 7 August 2023|url-status=live |location=Tokyo |via=[[MSN]]|trans-title = If it's flashy, let's change it to sober, the image of Nobunaga Hideyoshi ordered to be redrawn?|archive-date= 10 June 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110610192557/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/news/110607/art11060708350004-n1.htm}}</ref><ref name="yomiuri20110606">{{cite news |date=6 June 2011 |title=派手だった信長像、秀吉が地味に?調査で判明|trans-title= Investigation reveals that Hideyoshi changed the flashy portrait of Nobunaga to a plain one |url= https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/culture/news/20110606-OYT1T00700.htm |language=Ja |work=[[Yomiuri Shimbun]]|location=Tokyo |access-date=7 August 2023|archive-date= 9 June 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110609035314/https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/culture/news/20110606-OYT1T00700.htm}}</ref>

The wooden statue of Lord Oda Nobunaga, owned by Sōken-in of Daitoku-ji, is a seated statue of Nobunaga wearing ceremonial clothes and a sword, approximately 115&nbsp;cm tall. It is said that this is one of the two wooden statues carved out of fragrant wood (agarwood) for the first anniversary of Nobunaga's death, and the other was placed in the coffin in place of Nobunaga's body, which could not be found. The ashes of the burned wooden statue were buried in place of Nobunaga's body in the Bodaiji built at Daitoku-ji.<ref name="Japaaan129631">{{cite web|url = https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/Japaaan_129631/|title =あなたはどこまで知ってる? 戦国武将・豊臣秀吉のドラマでは描かれないプチ裏話6選| last = | first = | author-link =|date = 14 October 2020 |website = excite news|publisher =Excite Japan|language = ja| trans-title = How much do you know about Toyotomi Hideyoshi? Six petit backstories about warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi that are not depicted in dramas|access-date = 7 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="dailyshincho20220211">{{cite web| url = https://www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2022/02110715/?all=1|title =織田信長の本当の墓はどこにある? 秀吉を「人非人」と罵った僧が弔った信長の骨| last = | first = | author-link =| date = 11 February 2022 | orig-date = | editor-last = | editor-first = | website = Daily Shincho| publisher = [[Shinchosha]]| language = ja| trans-title = Where is Oda Nobunaga's real grave? Nobunaga's bones buried by a monk who called Hideyoshi an "animal"| access-date = 7 August 2023}}</ref>