Battle of Azukizaka (1564)

Battle of Batogahara
Part of the Sengoku period
Date 15 February 1564 Location Okazaki, Aichi, Mikawa Province 34°55′49.1351″N 137°10′41.8717″E / 34.930315306°N 137.178297694°E / 34.930315306; 137.178297694 Result Matsudaira victory
Belligerents
Ikkō-ikki monks	Matsudaira clan and Jōdo-shū monks
Commanders and leaders
Kuzei Honda Masanobu Natsume Yoshinobu Hachiya Sadatsugu	Matsudaira Motoyasu Sakai Tadatsugu Ishikawa Kazumasa Honda Shigetsugu Kōriki Kiyonaga Amano Yasukage Ōkubo Tadayo Sakakibara Yasumasa Honda Tadakatsu
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The Battle of Azukizaka (小豆坂の戦い, Azukizaka no tatakai) or Battle of Batō-ga-hara (馬頭原の戦い, Batō-ga-hara no tatakai) took place on 15 February 1564, when Matsudaira Motoyasu (later renamed Tokugawa Ieyasu), sought to destroy the growing threat of the Ikkō-ikki, a league of monks, samurai, and peasants who were strongly against samurai rule.