Background
His father was Oda Nobusada and Nobuhide was the father of Oda Nobunaga.
織田 信秀
His father was Oda Nobusada and Nobuhide was the father of Oda Nobunaga.
As the head of the Oda clan, Nobuhide was involved in open warfare as he was fronted to the north by Saitō Dōsan, daimyo of Mino Province, and to the east by Imagawa Yoshimoto, the daimyo of Mikawa, Suruga, and Tōtōmi provinces. However, he was never able to fully unite Owari Province. Supported by Dōsan, Nobuhide focused on facing Imagawa.
In one of his moments of glory, he managed to capture Matsudaira Motoyasu en route to Imagawa as a hostage.
He was thus able to gain some footholds into Mikawa. His remains are interred in a little-known alley near Osu Kannon temple in Nagoya.
In 1547, he was defeated at the Battle of Kanoguchi by Saito Dosan. When Nobuhide died in 1551 in Owari, he had designated young Nobunaga to succeed him as the head of the Oda clan and its small domain.
Nobunaga, who hardly even knew his father and already had a bad reputation as a delinquent, arrived inappropriately dressed at Nobuhide"s funeral and threw incense at the altar of the temple as he cursed his fate.
Almost all support that Nobuhide"s retainers would have given Nobunaga went to younger brother Oda Nobuyuki, instead. Foreign support, Nobunaga was left with Hirate Masahide and his father-in-law Saitō Dōsan, whom he had never met before. From that point forward, it would take a seven years for Nobunaga to consolidate his power within the clan and finally unite Owari Province.
Father: Oda Nobusada
Brothers:
Oda Nobuyasu
Oda Nobumitsu (1516–1556)
Oda Nobutsugu
Oda Nobuzane
Sons:
Oda Nobuhiro (died 1574)(illegitimate oldest son)
Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582)
Oda Nobuyuki (1536–1557)
Oda Nobukane (1548–1614)
Oda Nagamasu (1548–1622)
Oda Nobuharu (1549–1570)
Oda Nobutoki (died 1556)
Oda Nobuoki
Oda Hidetaka
Oda Hidenari
Oda Nobuteru
Oda Nagatoshi
Daughters:
Oichi (1547–1583)
Oinu.
