Battle of Tedorigawa
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| Battle of Tedorigawa | |||||||
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| Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| Forces of Uesugi Kenshin | Forces of Oda Nobunaga | ||||||
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| Uesugi Kenshin | Oda Nobunaga | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| about 30,000 | about 50,000 | ||||||
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga |
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| Okehazama - Azukizaka - Chōkōji - Kanagasaki - Anegawa - Ishiyama Hongan-ji - Mount Hiei - Nagashima - Mikata ga Hara - Hikida - Odani - Ichijō ga dani - Itami - Nagashino - Mitsuji - Kizugawaguchi - Shigisan - Tedorigawa - Hijiyama - Temmokuzan - Uzu - Honnōji |
The Battle of Tedorigawa (手取川の戦い Tedorigawa-no-tatakai) took place in 1577 in Japan.
Oda Nobunaga, with about 50,000 men, crossed the Tedorigawa at night to attack Uesugi Kenshin. Kenshin, who had about 30,000 men was expecting the move and was ready. Nobunaga was defeated.
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