In this Japanese name, the family name is Akechi.

Akechi Mitsuhide (明智 光秀, March 10, 1528 – July 17, 1582) was a Japanese samurai. He was a general in the forces of Oda Nobunaga.^[1] He was from Mino Province.

Timeline

• 1580 (Tenshō 8): Akechi was put in charge of establishing a survey of Yamato Province in the area of modern Nara Prefecture^[1]
• 1581 (Tenshō 9): Akechi was charged with making a survey of Tango Province north of Kyoto^[1]
• 1582 (Tenshō 10): Nobunaga was assassinated by Akechi Mitsuhide.^[2] Akechi defeated by Hashiba Hideyoshi soon later, hurted by civilian and made a seppuku.

Related pages

• Azuchi-Momoyama period