Battle of Anegawa

Battle of Anegawa
Part of Sengoku period

Blue: Azai (east) and Asakura (west). Red: Oda (east), Tokugawa (west), and Inaba (southeast)
Date30 July 1570
Location35°24′57.8″N 136°19′19.8″E / 35.416056°N 136.322167°E / 35.416056; 136.322167
Result OdaTokugawa victory.
Belligerents
Oda clan
Tokugawa clan
Azai clan
Asakura clan
Commanders and leaders

Oda Nobunaga
Hashiba Hideyoshi
Sassa Narimasa
Inaba Yoshimichi

Tokugawa Ieyasu
Ishikawa Kazumasa
Sakai Tadatsugu
Honda Tadakatsu
Sakakibara Yasumasa

Azai Nagamasa
Isono Kazumasa
Kaihō Tsunachika
Miyabe Keijun
Akao Kiyotsuna

Asakura Yoshikage
Asakura Kagetake
Strength
28,000 total
(23,000 Oda troops, plus 5,000 from Tokugawa Ieyasu)
18,000[1]
Casualties and losses
800 killed 1,700 killed
Battle of Anegawa is located in Shiga Prefecture
Battle of Anegawa
Location within Shiga Prefecture
Battle of Anegawa is located in Japan
Battle of Anegawa
Battle of Anegawa (Japan)

The Sengoku period Battle of Anegawa (姉川の戦い, Anegawa no Tatakai) (30 July 1570) occurred near Lake Biwa in Ōmi Province, Japan, between the allied forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, against the combined forces of the Azai and Asakura clans. It is notable as the first battle that involved the alliance between Nobunaga and Ieyasu, and it saw Nobunaga's prodigious use of firearms.

  1. ^ Stephen, Turnbull (1997). Samurai Warfare. Arms and Armour Press. p. 119. ISBN 1854094327.