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Hello and welcome to the history of Japan podcast, episode 281, The Fool of Awari, Part 2.

So, you know how I said I wasn't going to have time to record an episode this week?

Well, I carved some out.

So, surprise, I guess, think of it like a bonus, kind of.

It's a good thing, too, though, because this is going to be a doozy of an episode. I tried to squeeze the rest of the life of Nobunaga

into one more episode, and it is quite something. So, let's get started. We left off Oda Nobunaga

after he'd succeeded in taking Mino province from the Saito clan,

and seized what would become his headquarters for a good chunk of the rest of his career, Gifu Castle.

This marks a real watershed moment in his life.

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