Kunohe rebellion

Kunohe rebellion
Kunohe Rebellion is located in Japan
Kunohe Rebellion
Kunohe Rebellion
Kunohe Rebellion (Japan)
Date13 March – 4 September 1591
Location
Kunohe Castle, Mutsu Province, Japan (present-day Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture)
40°16′00″N 141°18′13″E / 40.26667°N 141.30361°E / 40.26667; 141.30361
Result

Toyotomi victory

  • Unification of Japan under Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Belligerents
Forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi Forces of Kunohe Masazane
Commanders and leaders
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Toyotomi Hidetsugu
Nanbu Nobunao
Gamo Ujisato
Asano Nagamasa
Uesugi Kagekatsu
Maeda Toshiie
Satake Yoshishige
Date Masamune
Mogami Yoshiaki
Tsugaru Tamenobu
Ii Naomasa[1]
Sakakibara Yasumasa
Honda Tadakatsu		 Kunohe Masazane †
Strength
60,000 5,000

The Kunohe rebellion (九戸政実の乱, Kunoe Masazane no Ran) was an insurrection of the Sengoku period of Japan that occurred in Mutsu Province from 13 March to 4 September 1591. The Kunohe Rebellion was the final battle in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaigns during the Sengoku period and completed the unification of Japan.[2]

  1. ^ Seiji Kobayashi (1994). 秀吉権力の形成 書札礼・禁制・城郭政策 [Formation of Hideyoshi's power: Calligraphy, prohibition, and castle policy] (in Japanese). 東京大学出版会. p. 189. ISBN 9784130260596. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  2. ^ Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co. p. 241. ISBN 9781854095237.