The Death of the Raging Bull of the Takeda, Warrior Akiyama Nobutomo.

Oda Nobunaga broke the siege of Iwamura Castle, and executed his aunt and her husband, Akiyama Nobutomo, the Raging Bull of the Takeda clan, on December 23, 1575.

There are proper ways for a brave samurai to die.

To be killed in battle, lying face down is the ideal way, or to cut oneself open in the practice known as seppuku is also deemed acceptable. To die in bed, lying on ones’ back was most shameful, as was being executed at the hands of the enemy.