Battle of Nagara-gawa

Battle between Saitō Dōsan and Saitō Yoshitatsu
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35°26′42.3″N 136°45′48.6″E / 35.445083°N 136.763500°E / 35.445083; 136.763500Result Saitō Yoshitatsu victoryBelligerents 撫子紋 forces of Saitō Yoshitatsu 二頭波紋 forces of Saitō DōsanCommanders and leaders Saitō Yoshitatsu
Andō Morinari
Ujiie Naotomo
Inaba Ittetsu Saitō Dōsan †
Takenaka Shigeharu
Katō Mitsuyasu
Hachisuka MasakatsuStrength 17,500 2,700
Battle of Nagara-gawa is located in Gifu Prefecture
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Battle of Nagara-gawa is located in Japan
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The Battle of Nagara-gawa (長良川の戦い, Nagara-gawa[1] no tatakai) took place along the banks of the Nagara River in Mino Province in April 1556. The site of the battle is in present-day Gifu city, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It was a battle between Saitō Dōsan and his son, Saitō Yoshitatsu, who had instigated a coup d'etat.[2]

Background

In 1542, Dōsan became the representative of the Toki clan and ruled over Mino Province as such. He had originally planned on passing his power onto his son Yoshitatsu but, in 1555, he started thinking of passing it on to one of his other sons, Kiheiji (喜平次) or maybe to his son-in-law Nobunaga, who he thought was much more gifted than his biological sons.

Battle

Yoshitatsu, who was living in Sagiyama Castle at the time, heard of his father's plans and, in 1556, killed his two brothers in the family residence on Mount Inaba, starting the intra-family skirmish. Yoshitatsu was able to gain the support of a large portion of the family's soldiers, gathering approximately 17,500 men. Dōsan, on the other hand, was only able to amass around 2,700 soldiers.

Yoshitatsu handily won the battle, which ended in Dōsan's death.[2][3] Dōsan's son-in-law, Oda Nobunaga, sent troops to support him, but they did not reach the battle in time to offer any help. It is believed that Akechi Mitsuhide participated in this battle, he sided with Dōsan.

See also

References

  1. ^ Teikoku's Complete Atlas of Japan, Teikoku-Shoin Co., LTD, Tokyo, ISBN 4-8071-0004-1
  2. ^ a b History of the City Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. (in Japanese) Gifu City Hall. Accessed May 26, 2008.
  3. ^ Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. Cassell & Co. p. 215. ISBN 1-85409-523-4.
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