Battle of Nagashino
1575 battle in Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Nagashino (長篠の戦い, Nagashino no Tatakai) was an armed conflict in 1575. The battle took place near Nagashino Castle (長篠城) on the plain of Shitaragahara (設楽原) in the Mikawa province (三河) of Japan.
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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 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Takeda forces | Combined forces of Oda and Tokugawa | ||||||
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 | |||||||
Between 3,000 and 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 |
6,000 Matsudaira Koretada |
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