Battle of Tenmokuzan

Battle of Tenmokuzan
Part of the Sengoku period

Edo period scroll depicting the last battle of Takeda Katsuyori
Date11 March 1582
Location
Tenmoku Mountain, Kai Province, Japan
35°39′2.6″N 138°48′44.7″E / 35.650722°N 138.812417°E / 35.650722; 138.812417
Result Oda victory
Belligerents
Forces of Oda Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu and Hojo Ujimasa Forces of Takeda Katsuyori
Commanders and leaders
Oda Nobutada
Oda Nagamasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Hojo Ujimasa
Takigawa Kazumasu
Kawajiri Hidetaka		 Takeda Katsuyori †
Hojo Masako †
Oyamada Nobushige Executed
Strength
4,000[1] 40+[1]
Casualties and losses
Entire army destroyed
Battle of Tenmokuzan is located in Yamanashi Prefecture
Battle of Tenmokuzan
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Location within Yamanashi Prefecture
Battle of Tenmokuzan is located in Japan
Battle of Tenmokuzan
Battle of Tenmokuzan (Japan)

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 forces of 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.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b "月岡芳年 作「勝頼於天目山遂討死図」". Touken World. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  2. ^ Turnbull, Stephen (1987). Battles of the Samurai. London: Arms and Armour Press. pp. 91–94. ISBN 978-0-85368-826-6.
  3. ^ Turnbull, Stephen (2000). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & C0. p. 231. ISBN 1-85409-523-4.