Entitled: "Oda Nobunaga"; shows Oda Nobunaga fighting with another warrior whom he knocks off a building into a raging inferno. Oda Nobunaga (June 23, 1534 - June 21, 1582) was a powerful daimyo of Japan in the late 16th century who attempted to unify Japan during the late Sengoku period. The goal of national unification and a return to the comparative political stability of the earlier Muromachi period was widely shared by the multitude of autonomous daimyo during the Sengoku period. Oda Nobunaga was the first for which this goal seemed attainable. Nobunaga had gained control over most of Honshu, before his death during the 1582 Honno-ji incident, a coup attempt executed by Nobunaga's vassal, Akechi Mitsuhide. It is not certain if Nobunaga was killed in the attack or if he committed seppuku. The motivation of Mitsuhide's betrayal was never revealed to anyone who survived the incident, and has been a subject of debate and conjecture ever since the incident. Woodcut by Yoshitoshi Taiso, circa 1880s.