Battle of Mimigawa

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Battle of Mimigawa
Part of Sengoku period
Date 1578 Location the Minigawa in Hyuga province Result Yoshihisa Victory
Belligerents
forces of Shimazu Yoshihisa	forces of Tawara Chikataka
Commanders
Shimazu Ieshisa, Shimazu Yoshihisa	Tawara Chikataka, Otomo Sorin
Strength
50,000+	30,000
Casualties and losses
2000	5000

Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga Okehazama - Azukizaka - Chōkō-ji - Kanegasaki - Anegawa - Ishiyama Hongan-ji - Mount Hiei - Nagashima - Mikatagahara - Hikida Castle - Odani Castle - Ichijōdani Castle - Itami - Nagashino - Mitsuji - Kizugawaguchi - Shigisan - Tedorigawa - Hijiyama - Temmokuzan - Uozu - Honnō-ji

Campaigns of Tokugawa Ieyasu Okehazama - Kakegawa - Anegawa - Futamata - Mikatagahara - Yoshida - Nagashino - Temmokuzan - Komaki and Nagakute - Odawara - Sekigahara - Osaka

The Battle of Mimigawa was a battle, fought in Japan, between warlords Tawara Chikataka and Shimazu Yoshihisa in 1578. The Shimazu clan, following their conquest of the Hyuga Province, began to mobilize their armies and prepare for another attack. Meanwhile, the Tawara clan saw this as a threat and decided that they must take action. Tawara Chikataka and Otomo Sorin led an army of 30,000 and marched towards the Hyuga Province. Yoshihisa led an army of 50,000. Yoshihisa won the battle.