the sword and a selection of martial arts. As for her alleged role as a spy, there is a popular story where Nobunaga purposely gave Nō false information regarding a conspiracy between two of her father's head servants and their plans to betray him. Her father had both men executed, and thus weakened himself by eliminating those loyal to him. In 1556, Nō's father was killed in a coup carried out by his own son, Yoshitatsu, in Mino Province. This reduced Nō's value as a wife. Her inability to conceive and her supposed spying were held against her. She influenced Oda Nobunaga to invade Mino after her father was killed by her brother. Yoshitatsu would die in 1561. Succeeded by a less-than-capable heir (Tatsuoki), the Saito clan would be defeated in the Siege of Inabayama. Nobunaga and Nō would rebuild it as Gifu Castle, becoming an important Oda clan outpost. Incident at Honnō-ji The fate of Nōhime is uncertain, but it is said that she died in the flames of Honno-ji while fighting with her naginata against enemy soldiers. However it is said that she managed to survive the battle and escaped the flames of Kyoto alive. After the Honnō-ji Incident which claimed the lives of Nobunaga and his son Nobutada, it was uncertain where Nō went. Some speculate that she died at Honnō-ji, but the woman alleged to be Nō was more often believed to be a retired prostitute to whom Oda Nobunaga had taken a liking. Nevertheless, after the incident, Nobunaga's wives and female servants were all sent to Azuchi Castle, which was Nobunaga's castle of residence. Among the women was a certain Lady Azuchi (安土殿 Azuchi dono), who was taken in by Nobunaga's second son, Nobukatsu. This Lady Azuchi is widely believed to have been Nō in disguise as she soon after disappeared from the castle into the night. Other survival theories Afterwards, it was often rumoured that she had attempted to raise her father's clan in Mino under her name, but was killed by an assassin sent by the Akechi, who had been tracking her since her escape from Honnō-ji. The most commonly accepted form of Nō’s life after the death of Nobunaga is that she was under the care of her adopted son Nobukatsu until he was defeated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, then was under the care of the Toyotomi until her death in 1612. In