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Oda Nobunaga
The twenty years from age twelve were a void of ten-year phases. Inside it he inherited the house, killed his brother and defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto at Okehazama. He raised the banner of rule by arms, and on 2 June 1582, with the realm almost unified, his life ended at Honnoji. That month, the ten-year, one-year and one-month currents were all aligned with the elements that help him. Only a single day carried an obstructing element. Why that one day? Forty-eight years, set against the phases of destiny and time.
At a Glance
The case
- Subject
- Oda Nobunaga — Warlord
- Period analysed
- 1534–1582
- Three pillars
- Day 戊寅 / Month 庚午 / Year 甲午
- Void branches
- 申酉 (Monkey–Rooster)
- Void decades
- 1546–1566 (ages 12–31)
- Destiny area
- 0.57 The area of the triangle formed by the three pillars on the sixty-cycle circle (maximum 1.30)
- Format
- PDF, 15 pages — written in Japanese
- Price
- ¥50,000 including tax
Research Brief
What the case shows
- The twenty years from age twelve fall inside a void of ten-year phases. The succession, the killing of his brother and Okehazama all happened inside them.
- Okehazama, in 1560, also fell in a void year. His greatest victory was placed where two voids overlap.
- From age thirty-two began a decade bound to all three pillars of his destiny. The conquest of Mino, rule by arms, the march on Kyoto and Nagashino gather in it.
- In June 1582 the ten-year, one-year and one-month currents were all helping elements. Only the day of Honnoji carried an obstructing element.
- His destiny shows a nature that rarely finds a true second-in-command, and that tends to end life suddenly, without illness. The end came through a senior retainer’s betrayal.
Questions
The questions the report answers
- Why was his greatest victory placed in a void?
- Why did the decade of rule by arms begin at thirty-two?
- Why did Honnoji come in a month aligned with helping elements?
- What did a destiny short of a second-in-command reveal at the end?
Public Record
The record, year by year
Selected events from the public record. Analysis and judgement are given in the report itself.
| 1534 | 甲午 | Born in Owari |
| 1551 | 辛亥 | His father Nobuhide dies; he inherits the house |
| 1557 | 丁巳 | Has his brother Nobukatsu killed |
| 1560 | 庚申■ | Battle of Okehazama; Imagawa Yoshimoto is killed |
| 1567 | 丁卯 | Takes Inabayama Castle, renames it Gifu; adopts the seal of rule by arms |
| 1568 | 戊辰 | Marches on Kyoto with Ashikaga Yoshiaki |
| 1571 | 辛未 | Burns Mount Hiei |
| 1573 | 癸酉■ | Expels Yoshiaki; destroys the Asai and Asakura |
| 1575 | 乙亥 | Battle of Nagashino |
| 1576 | 丙子 | Begins Azuchi Castle |
| 1582 | 壬午 | The Takeda fall; 2 June — the Honnoji Incident |
Year pillars change at Risshun, in early February. ■ = void year.
Contents
15 pages
- Destiny profile and chart
- Yin and yang charts
- Rank and type
- Ten-year phases
- The twenty-year void
- The decade of rule by arms
- The four layers of 1582
- The star of command, turned
- The missing second-in-command
- An end without illness
- The first generation
- Independent systems
- Timeline chart
- Public record
- Conclusion
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Analysis supervised by FAITH (Makoto Tokunaga) — MSc Economics, University of Warwick · CICP · Shugakuin Saii