| Battle of Yamazaki | |||||||
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| Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| forces of Akechi Mitsuhide | forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi | ||||||
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| Akechi Mitsuhide | Oda Nobutaka | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 16,000 | 36,500 | ||||||
The Battle of Yamazaki (山崎の戦い Yamazaki no tatakai?) was fought in 1582 in Yamazaki, Japan, located in current day Kyoto Prefecture. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. nicknamed Jūbei or, was a Samurai who lived during the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan. nicknamed Jūbei or, was a Samurai who lived during the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan. (1558-1583 was a samurai and member of Oda clan. He was adopted as the head of Kanbe clan that ruled the middle region of Ise Province and was also called For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kinki region of the island of Honshū This battle is sometimes referred to as the Battle of Tennozan.
Akechi Mitsuhide, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga, attacked Nobunaga as he rested in Honnō-ji, and forced him to commit seppuku. nicknamed Jūbei or, was a Samurai who lived during the Sengoku period of Feudal Japan. ( June 23, 1534 &ndash June 21, 1582) was a major Daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history is a temple of the Nichiren branch of Buddhism located in Kyoto, Japan. is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by Disembowelment. Seppuku was originally reserved only for Samurai. Mitsuhide then took over Nobunaga's power and authority. Thirteen days later, Toyotomi Hideyoshi met Mitsuhide at Yamazaki and defeated him, avenging his lord (Nobunaga) and taking Nobunaga's authority and power for himself.
Preparations for Battle
When Nobunaga died, Hideyoshi was busy fighting against the Mōri clan. The refers to the forced Suicide in June 21[[ 582]] of Japanese Daimyo Oda Nobunaga at the hands of his Samurai Ichimonjimitsuboshisvg|thumb|right|150px| Kamon of Mōri clan Ichimonji mitsuboshi ]]The Mōri clan (毛利氏 Mōri-shi) was a family of It is told that after betraying and defeating Nobunaga at Honnō-ji, Mitsuhide sent a letter to the Mōri. is a temple of the Nichiren branch of Buddhism located in Kyoto, Japan. The letter contained a request for an alliance to crush Hideyoshi, but unluckily for Mitsuhide, the letter's messenger was captured by Hideyoshi's forces and the plot was revealed. Upon hearing the news that Nobunaga had been killed, and that Akechi Mitsuhide had taken command of his possessions, Toyotomi Hideyoshi immediately negotiated a peace treaty with the Mōri, remaining careful to keep Nobunaga's death a secret. Once the treaty was secured, he then led his troops on a forced march towards Kyoto, averaging 30 to 40km a day. (IPA /kʲoːto / is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan.
Akechi Mitsuhide controlled two castles (Shōryūji and Yodo) in the Yamazaki region. is a castle in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan. History This castle was constructed in 1339 by Hosokawa Yoriharu, a major samurai Due to his lack of men for the impending battle with Hideyoshi, he attempted to win the hearts of the people in that region in order to gain more troops. However, his appeals to Hosokawa Fujitaka were fruitless, and so he was unable to add significant strength to his forces. ( June 3, 1534 - October 6, 1610) was a Japanese Daimyo of the Sengoku period.
Less than two weeks after Mitsuhide's betrayal, Hideyoshi's army finally arrived and attacked Mitsuhide's inferior forces at Yamazaki. Learning of the size of Hideyoshi's army and not wanting to be caught inside a castle with his force divided, Mitsuhide resolved to prepare for battle somewhere to the south. Due to its position being between a river and a mountain, Yamazaki provided Mitsuhide with choke points that could ease the number of enemies his forces would have to face at any one time.
Meanwhile, Hideyoshi decided that a wooded area called Tennōzan, just outside the town of Yamazaki, was key to strategic control of the road to Kyoto. He sent a detachment under Nakagawa Kiyohide to secure this area, while he led the majority of the army to Yamazaki himself. Nakagawa Kiyohide (中川 清秀 1556 &ndash June 6, 1583) was a Daimyo in Azuchi-Momoyama period. His forces took over the mountain and gained a significant advantage.
Mitsuhide arranged his army behind a small river (the Enmyōji-gawa), which provided an excellent defensive position. That night, Hideyoshi's men sent a number of ninja into the Mitsuhide camp, setting fire to buildings and generally causing fear and confusion.
The battle
On the following morning, the main fighting began as Hideyoshi's men began to form up along the opposite shore of the Enmyōji-gawa from the enemy, and a portion of Mitsuhide's men crossed the river, seeking to make their way up the wooded Tennōzan hill. They were driven back by arquebus fire, and so Hideyoshi felt confident enough to launch the right wing of his forces across the river, and into Mitsuhide's front lines. The Arquebus (sometimes spelled harquebus, harkbus or hackbut; from Dutch haakbus, meaning "hook gun" is They made some progress, and were soon joined by the left wing, with support from atop Tennōzan. The majority of Mitsuhide's men fled, with the exception of the 200 men under Mimaki Kaneaki, who charged and were destroyed by Hideyoshi's larger force.
Soon, panic set in among the Mitsuhide army, and Hideyoshi's army chased them back to Shōryūji. is a castle in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan. History This castle was constructed in 1339 by Hosokawa Yoriharu, a major samurai Mitsuhide himself fled much further, to the town of Ogurusu, where he was captured by bandits and killed. It is said that he was killed by a peasant wielding a bamboo spear.
Hideyoshi used this victory as a stepping-stone to gain control over Nobunaga's former territories and eventually all of Japan.
In popular culture
The Battle of Yamazaki is the final stage of Akechi Mitsuhide and the first stage of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Samurai Warriors 2. Samurai Warriors 2 (戦国無双2 Sengoku Musou 2 in Japan is a sequel to the original Samurai Warriors, created by Koei
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