Tetsuo Owada

Tetsuo Owada (小和田 哲男) is a Japanese historian and emeritus professor of Shizuoka University.

Owada graduated from Waseda University. His work focuses on the studies of history and castles in the Sengoku period of Japan. He is especially famous for his research into the Imagawa clan and Later Hōjō clan. He often works as a historical consultant for the Taiga drama series and makes television appearances on NHK.

Selected published works

 * 国盗り物語"の旅 道三と信長の遺跡をたずねて (1972)
 * 駿河今川一族 (1983)
 * 後北条氏研究 (1983)
 * 北条早雲とその子孫 知られざる北条五代の実像 (1990)
 * 毛利元就知将の戦略・戦術 (1996)
 * 伊達政宗: 史伝 (2000) (Gakken)
 * 甲陽軍鑑入門：武田軍団強さの秘密 (2006) (Kadokawa)
 * 戦国の城 (2007) (Gakken)
 * 黒田官兵衛：智謀の戦国軍師 (2013)
 * 戦国大名と読書 (2014)
 * 駿河今川氏十代 戦国大名への発展の軌跡 (2015)
 * 戦国静岡の城と武将と合戦と (2015)
 * 戦国武将の実力 111人の通信簿 (2015)
 * 知識ゼロからの真田幸村入門 (2015) (Gentosha)
 * 井伊直虎：戦国井伊一族と東国動乱史 (2016)
 * 戦国武将の叡智 (2020)