Oda Tomohisa (小田朝久)

Tomohisa ODA (April 1, 1417 - June 14, 1455) was a busho (Japanese military commander) in the mid Muromachi Period. The twelfth family head of the Oda clan. A son of the eleventh family head, Mochiie ODA. His official rank was Nakatsukasa no taifu (Senior Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Central Affairs). Kokushi (an officer of local government) in Sanuki Province.

In 1455, he defended Koga Imperial Palace, following Shigeuji ASHIKAGA. In the spring in the same year, he got sick at the front while attacking Oguri Castle in Hitachi Province to subjugate Fusaaki UESUGI and Kagenaka NAGAO by the order of Shigeuji, and he died of sickness on June 14. He died at the age of 39. Shigeharu ODA succeeded the family estate.

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