Imagawa Yoshimoto

Imagawa Yoshimoto
今川 義元
Head of Imagawa clan
In office
1536–1560
Preceded byImagawa Ujiteru
Succeeded byImagawa Ujizane
Personal details
Born
Yosakimaru

1519
Sunpu, Suruga Province, Japan
DiedJune 12, 1560(1560-06-12) (aged 40–41)
Dengakuhazama, Owari Province, Japan
SpouseJōkei-in
Children5, including Imagawa Ujizane
Parents
RelativesImagawa Ujiteru (brother)
Hōjō Ujiyasu (brother-in-law)
Takeda Shingen (brother-in-law)
Lady Hayakawa (niece and daughter-in-law)
Military service
Allegiance Imagawa clan
RankDaimyo
Unit Imagawa clan
CommandsSunpu Castle
Battles/warsHanagura Disturbance (1536)
Battle of Azukizaka (1542)
Battle of Azukizaka (1548)
Battle of Muraki Castle (1554)
Battle of Okehazama (1560) 

Imagawa Yoshimoto (今川 義元, 1519 – June 12, 1560) was a Japanese daimyō (feudal lord) of the Sengoku period. Based in Suruga Province, he was known as The number one Daimyō in the Tōkaidō (海道一の弓取り, Kaidō-ichi no Yumitori);[1] he was one of the three daimyō that dominated the Tōkaidō region. He died in 1560 while marching to Kyoto to become Shogun. He was killed in the village of Dengakuhazama in Okehazama by Oda Nobunaga.[2]

  1. ^ "織田信長「桶狭間の戦い」前夜に見せていた奇策". Tōyō Keizai Online. 4 November 2020. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  2. ^ "日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)「今川義元」の解説". Kotobank. Retrieved 15 December 2021.