bakadono

Updated: February 21, 2026

To this day the memory of Nobunaga is execrated by the Buddhists. To Nobunaga they give the title of Bakadono, or Lord Fool. It was in the three provinces of Bungo, Omura and Arima, that Christianity was most firmly rooted.

William Elliot Griffis - The Religions of Japan: From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji