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 | |||||||
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Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||
Edo period scroll depicting the last battle of Takeda Katsuyori | |||||||
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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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