Generals – Oda Nobuhide (Daimyo), Takayama Muneyori. Reduced recruitment costs and upkeep for all ashigaru. And beyond the immediate lies the prize of the shogunate. No warlord should ever ignore the chance to improve the quality of his cavalry, particularly at the expense of his enemies! Relations with the Tsutsui clan in Ise to the West have been peaceful recently, but Ise is a tempting prize because of its inspirational religious sites. An attack to the east could destroy his clan's enemies, and will also give the Oda access to valuble warhorses in Mikawa province. Now the Oda confront outsiders: to the north, the Saito of Mino province to the east, the Tokugawa clan in Mikawa and, beyond them, the Imagawa lurk. Eventually, the Kiyosu branch of the family came to prominence and eventually changed the clan name to Oda, a respectful acknowledgement of their ancestor, Taira no Chikazane, who had setted in Oda in Echizen. Originally retainers of the Shiba clan, the Oda grew as the Shiba faded, but this only led to decades of strife within the family for supremacy. The Oda not only produce ashigaru efficiently and economically, they can also recruit superior ashigaru forces as well. Numbers, however, are becoming important in warfare, and ashigaru can be recruited in very large numbers. These common soldiers are cheaper to train and maintain than samurai, if not quite as deadly. The Oda are rightly respected for their skills as inspiring battlefield commanders of ashigaru. If they can beat these enemies, then an Oda daimyo may yet call himself shogun and rule Japan!įrom his castle in Owari, Oda Nobuhide commands a clan with a formidable reputation. 
Now, however, they face external threats: the Saito clan to the north, the Tokugawa and the Imagawa clans in the east.
They are also a warlike folk, and have even turned on each other in the past. The Oda can recruit better troops of this kind cheaper than anyone else. His Oda clan are masters of the strategy of using ashigaru – common soldiers who are a growing part of Japanese warfare. From his castle in Owari, the warlord Oda Nobuhide commands a clan with a formidable reputation.
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