Battle of Tenmokuzan

The 1582 Battle of Tenmokuzan (天目山の戦い, Tenmokuzan no Tatakai) in Japan, is regarded as the last stand of the Takeda clan. This was the final attempt by Takeda Katsuyori to resist the combined forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga, who had been campaigning against him for some time. In his bid to hide from his pursuers, Katsuyori burned his fortress at Shinpu Castle and fled into the mountains, to another Takeda stronghold, called Iwadono, held by Oyamada Nobushige, an old Takeda retainer. Katsuyori was denied entry by Oyamada, and committed suicide with his wife, while the last remnant of his army held off their pursuers.

Battle of Tenmokuzan
Part of the Sengoku period

Edo period scroll depicting the last battle of Takeda Katsuyori
Date11 March 1582
Location35°39′2.6″N 138°48′44.7″E
Result Oda-Tokugawa victory
Belligerents
Forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu Forces of Takeda Katsuyori
Commanders and leaders
Oda Nobutada
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Takigawa Kazumasu
Kawajiri Hidetaka
Takeda Katsuyori 
Hojo Masako 
Oyamada Nobushige 
Strength
4,000 40+
Casualties and losses
Entire army destroyed
Location within Yamanashi Prefecture
Battle of Tenmokuzan (Japan)
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