Battle of Temmokuzan

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Battle of Temmokuzan
Part of the Sengoku period
Date 1582
Location Temmoku Mountain, Kai Province, Japan
Result Takeda forces wiped out
Belligerents
forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga forces of Takeda Katsuyori
Commanders
Tokugawa Ieyasu, Oda Nobunaga Takeda Katsuyori†
Strength
10000 8000
Casualties and losses
Unknown Entire army destroyed, Katsuyori commits suicide.
 
Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga
 
Campaigns of the Takeda

The 1582 Battle of Temmokuzan (天目山の戦い Temmokuzan no Tatakai?) in Japan, also known as the Battle of Toriibata, is regarded as the last stand of the Takeda family. This was the final attempt by Takeda Katsuyori to resist the combined forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga, who had been campaigning against him for some time.

In his bid to hide from his pursuers, Katsuyori burned his castle at Shinpujō and fled into the mountains, to another Takeda stronghold, called Iwadono, and held by Oyamada Nobushige, an old Takeda retainer. Katsuyori was denied entry by Oyamada, and committed suicide while his army held off their pursuers.

[edit] References

  • Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
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