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| Battle of Gifu Castle 岐阜城の戦い | |||||||||
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| Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||||
 View of Gifu Castle (painting from the Edo period) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Western Army: Forces loyal to Ishida Mitsunari |
 Eastern Army: Forces loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu | ||||||||
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Oda Hidenobu Oda Hidenori Tsuda Tōsaburō Kozukuri Tomoyasu Dodo Tsunaie Sugiura Shigekatsu Mōri Hiromori Mori Samon Date Heiemon Takenaka Sankuro Saitō Tokugen |
Ikeda Terumasa Fukushima Masanori Yamauchi Kazutoyo Arima Toyōji Togawa Tatsuyasu Horio Tadauji Tanaka Yoshimasa Tōdō Takatora Kuroda Nagamasa Asano Yoshinaga Ii Naomasa | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 6,000 | 35,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| unclear | unclear | ||||||||
  Location within Japan | |||||||||
The Battle of Gifu Castle (岐阜城の戦い, Gifu-jō no Tatakai) took place in September 1600 that led to the destruction of Gifu Castle in Gifu, Mino Province (modern-day Gifu Prefecture), Japan. The battle served as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara the following month. It pitted Oda Hidenobu of the Ishida Mitsunari western forces against Ikeda Terumasa, Ikeda Sen[citation needed], and Fukushima Masanori of the eastern forces and loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu. The castle was destroyed as a result of the battle.[1]
- ^ Gifu Castle Official Page Archived 2008-04-08 at the Wayback Machine. (in Japanese) Gifu City Hall. Accessed June 12, 2008.