Battle of Sendaigawa

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Part of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Kyūshū Campaign

Date	1587
Location	Sendaigawa, north of Kagoshima, Kyūshū
Result	Toyotomi victory; Satsuma withdrawal

Belligerents

forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

forces of Shimazu clan

Commanders

Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Hashiba Hidenaga

Niiro Tadamoto

Strength

170,000

5,000

Campaigns of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Kōzuki Castle – Itami – Miki – Tottori – Takamatsu – Yamazaki – Uchidehama – Shizugatake – Komaki and Nagakute – Kaganoi – Takehana – Kanie – Toyama – Negoro-ji – Ōta Castle – Shikoku & Ichinomiya – Takajō – Ganjaku – Akizuki – Sendaigawa – Kagoshima – Hachigata – Odawara – Shimoda – Korea

The 1587 battle of Sendaigawa was part of the Kyūshū Campaign undertaken by warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi towards the end of Japan's Sengoku period. The Sendai River (Sendaigawa) was among the final obstacles to Hideyoshi's attack on Kagoshima, the center of the Shimazu clan's domains.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi and his half-brother Hashiba Hidenaga met a Shimazu clan force, led by Niiro Tadamoto, near the river. Despite being vastly outnumbered 5,000 to 17,000, Niiro led his men in a charge against the Toyotomi force, and even engaged the famous warrior Katō Kiyomasa in personal combat before retreating under cover of night.