1534–1582 First unifier; the mission's great patron Also written: Oda Nobunaga · 織田信長
The warlord who broke the Sengoku deadlock and began Japan's reunification, crushing the Buddhist military powers as he went. He patronised the Jesuits from curiosity and calculation alike, and his death at Honnō-ji in 1582 ended the mission's easiest decade.
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