Editing Nagoya (section)

===Historical figures===
[[File:Minamoto no Yoritomo.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Minamoto no Yoritomo]], born in Nagoya]]
[[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] was the first ''[[shōgun]]'' of the [[Kamakura shogunate]]. His family had roots as the high priests of Atsuta Shrine and he was born in the family villa what is Seigan-ji today.

The three samurais who unified Japan in the 16th century all have strong links to Nagoya:
* [[Oda Nobunaga]] (1534–1582), from [[Nagoya Castle]] in [[Owari Province]]
* [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] (1536–1598), one of [[Oda Nobunaga]]'s top generals
* [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] (1543–1616), born in [[Mikawa Province]], (the eastern half of modern Aichi prefecture)
{{gallery
|title=The three samurais who unified Japan in the 16th century
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|File:Odanobunaga.jpg|Oda Nobunaga was born according to legend in Nagoya Castle.
|File:Toyotomi Hideyoshi c1598 Kodai-ji Temple.png|Toyotomi Hideyoshi, known as Japan's second "great unifier"
|File:Tokugawa Ieyasu2.JPG|Tokugawa Ieyasu
}}

Other samurai include:
* [[Shibata Katsuie]] (samurai of the [[Sengoku period]])
* [[Niwa Nagahide]] (samurai of the Sengoku period)
* [[Maeda Toshiie]] (samurai of the Sengoku period)
* [[Katō Kiyomasa]] (samurai of the Sengoku period)
* [[Sassa Narimasa]] (samurai of the Sengoku period)
* [[Sakuma Nobumori]] (samurai of the Sengoku period)
* [[Sakuma Morimasa]] (samurai of the Sengoku period)
* [[Maeda Toshimasu]] (Maeda Keijirō, samurai of the Sengoku period)