Characters and Places

Saito Tatsuoki, lord of Mino

Oyaya, Nene's sister

Sakuma Nobumori, senior Oda retainer

Ekei, Buddhist monk from

the western provinces

Osawa Jirozaemon, lord of Unuma Castle

and senior Saito retainer

Hikoemon, name given to Hachisuka

Koroku when he became Hideyoshi's ward

Takenaka Hanbei, lord of Mount Bodai Castle

and senior Saito retainer

Oyu, Hanbei's sister

Kokuma, Hanbei's servant

Horio Mosuke, Hideyoshi's page

Hosokawa Fujitaka, retainer of the shogun

Yoshiaki, fourteenth Ashikaga shogun

Asakura Kageyuki, general of the Asakura clan

Inabayama, capital of Mino

Mount Kurihara, mountain retreat of Takenaka Hanbei

Sunomata, castle built by Hideyoshi

Gifu, name given to Inabayama by Nobunaga

Ichijogadani, main castle of the Asakura clan