Iga

Iga lies in a basin enclosed by the hills between Ise and the central provinces. In the late sixteenth century its local warriors formed a league known as the Iga Sōkoku Ikki, resisting outside domination. They repelled an attack by Oda Nobukatsu in 1579, but Oda Nobunaga's larger invasion in 1581 devastated the province. Under later Tōdō rule, men from Iga served their lord on journeys to Edo, drawing on skills that became associated with the Iga ninja.