Battle of Tennoji

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Battle of Tennoji(天王寺の戦い) was fought in 1615 between the forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the forces of Toyotomi Hideyori. Tokugawa was laying siege to Osaka, and Hideyori had planned a counterattack. Both sides were plagued by mistakes until Hideyori's side finally fell. He committed suicide. This was also the final battle of Sanada Yukimura.