Burning down the Great Buddha Hall of Todai-ji Temple, betraying Oda Nobunaga twice, and ultimately dying in an explosion along with his famous tea kettle "Hiragumo"—Matsunaga Hisahide, played by Naoto Takenaka in the historical drama "Toyotomi Brothers," was once often portrayed as a "ruthless villain." But what was he really like? Hisahide's misdeeds were exaggerated in later war chronicles and storytelling; in reality, he was a highly capable…
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Burning down the Great Buddha Hall of Todai-ji Temple, betraying Oda Nobunaga twice, and ultimately dying in an explosion along with his famous tea kettle "Hiragumo"—Matsunaga Hisahide, played by Naoto Takenaka in the historical drama "Toyotomi Brothers," was once often portrayed as a "ruthless villain." But what was he really like? Hisahide's misdeeds were exaggerated in later war chronicles and storytelling; in reality, he was a highly capable…