Honnoji Incident: A Locked Room Mystery (Shodensha Bunko) Machio Kazeno How did Nobunaga die? Who killed him? The mystery of Japan's greatest "locked room" is now revealed!? "It is I, Mitsuhide, who loves Lord Nobunaga the most--" On June 1, 1582, Nobunaga Oda entered Honnoji Temple in Kyoto with only 30 guards to hold a tea ceremony, but Mitsuhide Akechi was deeply worried about it. Those gathered there were all "assassins" who sought to kill Nobunaga. And if he were to allow Nobunaga to be killed by someone, he decided to raise an army, thinking he would rather do it himself. But the next day, when Mitsuhide surrounded Honnoji Temple, he learned that Nobunaga had already been killed. Present were only court nobles and wealthy merchants who harbored grudges against Nobunaga, such as the Grand Minister of State, Sakihisa Konoe, and Sojitsu Shimai of Hakata. Who did it? By what means? Mitsuhide's search for the culprit, filled with rage, began!