The Battle of Uchidehama (打出浜の戦い, Uchidehama no Tatakai) took place in 1582, near Kyoto, Japan, following the Battle of Yamazaki.
Battle of Uchidehama | |||||||
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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 | Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Hori Hidemasa | ||||||
The forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi pursued the defeated Akechi clan to Uchidehama and engaged the clan again there.[1] Akechi Mitsuharu led the Akechi, as his cousin, Mitsuhide, died at Yamazaki. Hori Hidemasa led the Toyotomi forces at Uchidehama, and defeated Akechi Mitsuharu.
Uchidehama was near present-day Ōtsu city, Shiga prefecture outside Kyoto.
References
edit- ^ Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co. p. 232. ISBN 9781854095237.
- This article incorporates text from OpenHistory.