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The Battle of Nagashino (長篠の戦い, Nagashino no Tatakai) took place in 1575 at Nagashino Castle in the Mikawa province of Japan. The castle had been under siege by Takeda Katsuyori since the 17th of June; Okudaira Sadamasa, a Tokugawa vassal, commanded the defending force. The castle was under attack because it threatened Takeda's supply lines.
Battle of Nagashino | |||||||
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Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||
General launching his troops to attack the castle of Nagashino in 1575, by Yoshitoshi | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Takeda forces | combined Oda-Tokugawa forces | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Takeda Katsuyori, Anayama Nobukimi, Takeda Nobukado, Takeda Nobutoyo | Oda Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Okudaira Sadamasa | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
15,000 | 38,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
10,000 dead, incl. 54 samurai leaders Takeda Nobuzane Baba Nobufusa Yamagata Masakage Naito Masatoyo Hara Masatane Sanada Nobutsuna Sanada Masateru Kasai Mitsuhide Wada Narishige Yonekura Shigetsugu | Unknown |
Both Tokugawa and Oda Nobunaga sent troops to alleviate the siege and Takeda Katsuyori was defeated. The victory of Oda's Western-style tactics and firearms over Takeda's cavalry charge is often cited as a turning point in Japanese warfare; many cite it as the first 'modern' Japanese battle. Ironically, while Takeda's cavalry charge represents the old, traditional, means of warfare, it was invented by his father, Takeda Shingen, less than a generation earlier. Nevertheless, while others had used firearms previously, Oda Nobunaga was the first to conceive of the wooden stockades and rotating volleys of fire which led to a decisive victory at Nagashino.