Cause

Cause
2006.07.13 2:34

1582 at Honnoji, Kyoto, Akechi's treachery against Nobunaga was belived to be taken place. Nobunaga was a master and Akechi was a subordinate, so this is a treachery definitely.
But on the reason why Akechi fought against his master was very unknown to us. Just unknown.
Akechi's mother was given as a hostage in their opponent. Usually Nobunaga helps his subordinate's mother, but he didn't. As a result Akechi's mother was killed by their opponent. Revenge for parents is more than loyalty to masters. So Akechi killed Nobunaga for the more great cause.
Indeed Akechi was belived to be killed. But no one saw his decapitated head. He was thought to be spared and become a monk in Hiei Mountain in Kyoto. He was thought to be alive for many years but this fact was stricktly kept secret. In public his death took place before his natural death.
He was spared for the great cause.