Battle of Yamazaki

Battle of Yamazaki

Yamazaki Battlefield
DateJuly 2, 1582
Location34°54′25.4″N 135°41′28.8″E / 34.907056°N 135.691333°E / 34.907056; 135.691333
Result

Oda clan victory

Territorial
changes
Hideyoshi taking Nobunaga's authority and power
Belligerents
Forces of the Akechi clan Forces of the Oda clan
Commanders and leaders
Akechi Mitsuhide Executed
Akechi Hidemitsu 
Akechi Mitsutada 
Akechi Mitsuyoshi 
Saitō Toshikazu 
Saitō Toshimitsu 
Ise Sadaoki 
Matsuda Masachika 
Mimaki Kaneaki 
Ogawa Suketada
Nabika Kamon
Tsumaki Norikata
Shibata Katsusada
Tsuda Nobuharu
Murakami Kiyokuni
Toda Yukimasa
Suwa Morinao
Atsuji Sadayuki
Namikawa Yasuie
Mizoo Suketomo
Horio Shobei
Araki Yukishige
Takeda Motoaki
Hashiba Hideyoshi
Oda Nobutaka
Oda Hidekatsu
Hashiba Hidenaga
Niwa Nagahide
Ikeda Tsuneoki
Hachiya Yoritaka
Horio Yoshiharu
Katō Mitsuyasu
Katō Kiyomasa
Takayama Ukon
Nakagawa Kiyohide
Hachisuka Iemasa
Kuroda Yoshitaka
Hori Hidemasa
Ikoma Chikamasa
Fukushima Masanori
Otani Yoshitsugu
Nakamura Kazuuji
Kimura Shigeori
Mikoda Masaharu
Ikeda Motosuke
Tanaka Yoshimasa
Strength
10,000~16,000 20,000~36,000
Casualties and losses
3,000 killed 3,300 killed
Battle of Yamazaki is located in Kyoto Prefecture
Battle of Yamazaki
Location within Kyoto Prefecture
Battle of Yamazaki is located in Japan
Battle of Yamazaki
Battle of Yamazaki (Japan)

The Battle of Yamazaki (山崎の戦い, Yamazaki no tatakai) was fought in 1582 in Yamazaki, Japan, located in current-day Kyoto Prefecture. This battle is sometimes referred to as the Battle of Mt. Tennō (天王山の戦い Tennō-zan no tatakai).

In the Honnō-ji Incident, Akechi Mitsuhide, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga, attacked Nobunaga as he rested in Honnō-ji, and forced him to commit seppuku. Mitsuhide then took over Nobunaga's power and authority around the Kyoto area. Thirteen days later, Oda's forces under Toyotomi Hideyoshi met Mitsuhide at Yamazaki and defeated him, avenging his lord (Nobunaga) and taking Nobunaga's authority and power for himself.