Abstract
The article examines the representation of one of the events of Japanese political history in the last quarter of the 16th centurythe rebellion of Araki Murashige, the ruler of the land of Settsu, against Oda Nobunaga, the unifier of Japan in the Shinchō-kō ki chronicle. Tracing the main stages of Araki Murashige life, the author pays special attention to clarifying the motives of the lord of Settsu, which forced him to oppose Nobunaga. Araki Murashige joined a broad coalition of Nobunagas enemies in 1578. The author compares the facts from Murashiges political biography with his portrait in the Shinchō-kō ki, coming to the conclusion that the chronicler is inclined to portray the ruler of Settsu as an ungrateful traitor who challenged the merciful lordNobunaga. Using similar techniques, Gyūichi paints a portrait of another enemy of NobunagaMatsunaga Hisahide, one of the lords of the Yamato province. The image of the traitor created in the Shinchō-kō ki is intended to emphasize the power and inevitability of Nobunagas victory on the one hand, and to show his opponents in an unseemly light on the other.
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