Characters and Places

Asai Nagamasa, lord of Omi

and Nobunaga's brother-in-law

Asakura Yoshikage, lord of Echizen

Amakasu Sanpei, ninja of the Takeda clan

Takeda Shingen, lord of Kai

Kaisen, zen monk and Shingen's adviser

Sakuma Nobumori, senior Oda retainer

Takei Sekian, senior Oda retainer

Mori Ranmaru, Nobunaga's page

Fujikage Mikawa, senior Asai retainer

Oichi, Asai Nagamasa's wife and Nobunaga's sister

Chacha, Oichi and Nagamasa's eldest daughter

Honganji, headquarters of the

warrior-monks of the Ikko sect

Mount Hiei, mountain east of Kyoto

and headquarters of the Tendai sect

Kai, province of the Takeda clan

Hamamatsu, Tokugawa Ieyasu's castle

Nijo, shogun's palace in Kyoto

Omi, province of the Asai clan

Odani, main castle of the Asai clan

Echizen, province of the Asakura clan