Battle of Yamazaki

Battle of Yamazaki
Yamazaki Battlefield
Date July 2, 1582 Location Yamazaki, Yamashiro province, Japan 34°54′25.4″N 135°41′28.8″E / 34.907056°N 135.691333°E / 34.907056; 135.691333 Result Oda clan victory Hideyoshi begins his consolidation of power 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  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
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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.