Battle of Hitotoribashi | |||||||
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Part of Sengoku period | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Date Masamune Date Shigezane Katakura Kagetsuna Oniniwa Yoshinao † |
Onamihime Sōma Yoshitane Satake Yoshishige Satake Yoshinobu Iwaki Tsunetaka | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
7,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
380 | 963 |
The Battle of Hitotoribashi (Japanese: 人取橋の戦い) or Battle of Hitadori Bridge was a battle during the Azuchi-Momoyama period (16th century) of Japan. Due to the death of Date Masamune's father, Date Terumune by the hands of Nihonmatsu Yoshitsugu, Masamune swore vengeance.[1]
After succeeding to the throne of the Date clan, Masamune would effectively have his revenge by launching an attack against the Nihonmatsu clan and their allies at Hitotoribashi in January 1586. Despite a large imbalance between the forces (Date: 7,000; Nihonmatsu: 30,000), the alliance assembled in support of the Nihonmatsu forces disintegrated and withdrew after beating Masamune back into the Motomiya Castle.
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