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was a retainer of
Oda Nobunaga, and
daimyō (feudal lord) of
Itami Castle during the late
Sengoku period of the 16th century in Japanese history, in what is now
Itami city in
Hyōgo Prefecture.
He commanded part of Nobunaga's army in the ten-year
siege of the Ishiyama Honganji, but was accused soon afterwards of sympathies to the
Mōri clan, one of Nobunaga's enemies, by
Akechi Mitsuhide. He retreated to Itami and held out there against a one-year siege before the castle fell; Araki escaped, and lived out the rest of his life in obscurity.
There is a semi-legendary tale told about Araki's creative use of a
tessen, or iron fan, in saving his own life. After being accused of treason by Akechi Mitsuhide, Araki was called before his lord, Oda Nobunaga. As was customary, he bowed low over the threshold before entering the room. But he sensed somehow Nobunaga's plan to have his guards slam the
fusuma sliding doors on him, breaking his neck. Araki placed his fan in the doors' groove, preventing the doors from closing. Nobunaga's plan revealed, Araki's life was spared, with much reconciliation.
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