Nagoya × Ikusa no Ko

The city of Nagoya teamed up with Ikusa no Ko, Oda Saburo Nobunaga Den (いくさの子 織田三郎信長伝), Tetsuo Hara’s series, to promote the Nobunaga Koro (信長攻路), Oda Nobunaga’s route to the Battle of Okehazama. The “Nagoya ni Okehazama ari” (名古屋に桶狭間あり。) campaign is built on a poster in which Imagawa Yoshimoto, his face painted, stands on the left, and Nobunaga in armour, sword raised, on the right, in front of the castle and banners. As the city points out, Yoshimoto appears as a warrior and a brilliant tactician rather than a powdered nobleman. On 14 November 2016, Mayor Takashi Kawamura announced the Nobunaga Koro Nagoya-jo Sengoku Fes (信長攻路 名古屋城戦国フェス), held on 11 December 2016 at Nagoya Castle, with an exhibition of the posters and giveaways featuring the drawing (flyers, posters, clear files and handkerchiefs). On 21 March 2018, for the release of the final volume, a lottery at Toranoana Akihabara offered two posters signed by Hara.