The Hiei participated in the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack as an escort ship. The following year, in 1942, it was deployed in a battle over Guadalcanal. The ship came under attack from the Allied ...

A descendant of Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582), a general who served under Nobunaga in the attack, also attended ... sheltered enemy warlords in Mount Hiei. He seized the mountain and burned down ...