Sengoku figure

Saitō Tatsuoki

斎藤龍興

Related events

1560

Month 1

Death of Saitō Yoshitatsu

Heir who succeeded to the headship

Saitō Yoshitatsu of Mino suddenly dies, and his heir Saitō Tatsuoki inherits the family leadership. The province becomes unstable.

Month 4

Unrest within Mino

Lord of Mino province

Some kokujin resist the young Saitō Tatsuoki’s succession, with defections and secret communications with the Oda side.

1564

Takenaka Shigeharu Seizes Inabayama Castle

Lord of Inabayama Castle

Takenaka Shigeharu, Andō Morinari, and their allies temporarily seized Saitō Tatsuoki's Inabayama Castle, exposing instability in Saitō rule.

1567

Oda Nobunaga Captures Inabayama Castle

Clan head driven from Inabayama Castle

Oda Nobunaga captured Saitō Tatsuoki's Inabayama Castle, took control of Mino, renamed the castle town Gifu, and moved his residence there.