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    The Battle of Okehazama (桶狭間の戦い, Okehazama-no-tatakai) took place on 12 June 1560 in Owari Province, in today's Aichi Prefecture. In this battle, the heavily...
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    have favored gambling tactics such as surprise attacks because of the Battle of Okehazama, but in reality, he preferred to use overwhelming military power...
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  • is unprepared for a serious battle/threat because of its distinct size advantage. That was the case at Battle of Okehazama in which the larger force was...
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  • a forced retainer of the Imagawa, captured the fortress as part of the Imagawa advance that led to the fateful Battle of Okehazama in 1560. Throughout...
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    Shibata Katsuie (category People of Muromachi-period Japan)
    he was commander of Nobunaga's main forces against Imagawa Yoshimoto at the Battle of Okehazama. In 1567, he led the first division of Oda Nobunaga's forces...
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    the Battle of Okehazama against Imagawa Yoshimoto. Later he fought in the 1561 Battle of Moribe, the 1570 Siege of Kanegasaki and Battle of Anegawa, the...
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    Sengoku period (category Wars of succession involving the states and peoples of Asia)
    overwhelming majority of the Aki-Takeda clan with a small force, which later became known as the "Battle of Okehazama in the West" as a battle in which a small...
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    after the power of the Imagawa had been destroyed at the Battle of Okehazama. After the creation of the Tokugawa shogunate, parts of the province were...
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    Okazaki Castle (category 100 Fine Castles of Japan)
    Castle as a hostage. Following the defeat of the Imagawa at the Battle of Okehazama, Ieyasu regained possession of the castle in 1560 and left his eldest...
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    Odai no Kata (category People of Muromachi-period Japan)
    maintained regular correspondence with Ieyasu during this time. After the Battle of Okehazama, Ieyasu became independent from the Imagawa clan and allied with...
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    Arimatsu, Aichi (category Dissolved municipalities of Aichi Prefecture)
    December 1964, and became a part of Midori-ku, Nagoya. The town is known for being the location of the Battle of Okehazama in 1560, where Oda Nobunaga defeated...
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    stronghold of Marune. As a result, he and his men were not present at the Battle of Okehazama where Yoshimoto was killed in a surprise assault by Nobunaga.: 37 ...
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  • Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan is a Canadian-American documentary television series, distributed by Netflix and released on February 24, 2021. It takes...
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    tandai ("constable") of Kyūshū under the Ashikaga bakufu from 1371 to 1395. After the death of Yoshimoto at the Battle of Okehazama in 1560, during the...
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    Suruga Province (category Former provinces of Japan)
    and rituals of the kuge aristocracy to their capital. However, after Imagawa Yoshimoto was defeated by Oda Nobunaga at the Battle of Okehazama, the province...
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    brother of Nobunaga. In 1560, he is one of Nobunaga main force at the Battle of Okehazama against Imagawa Yoshimoto. In 1567, he fought in the Siege of Inabayama...
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  • Otazu no kata (category People of Sengoku-period Japan)
    was the wife of Iio Tsuratatsu and retainer of Imagawa clan. When the Imagawa fell into disarray after their defeat at Battle of Okehazama, she turned...
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  • Okabe Motonobu (category Year of birth unknown)
    footsteps. In 1560, After his lord Imagawa Yoshimoto was killed at the Battle of Okehazama, he kept fighting and even retrieved his lord's corpse. Following...
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    month): Imagawa Yoshimoto led the armies of the province of Suruga against the Owari; at the Battle of Okehazama, his forces fought against Oda Nobunaga...
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  • (1558) Siege of Marune (1560) Battle of Okehazama (1560) Battle of Tonomoto (1560) Battle of Norada (1560) Battle of Moribe (1561) First Siege of Odawara (1561)...
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    sandal-bearers and was present at the Battle of Okehazama in 1560 when Nobunaga defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto to become one of the most powerful warlords in the...
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    killed in the Battle of Okehazama. In response to Oda moves into Western Mikawa, Imagawa Yoshimoto moved forces into Ikutahara in the 8th month of 1542. Oda...
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    site of the castle, and a bronze statue of Oda Nobunaga was erected in 1936, portraying a young Nobunaga on the eve of the decisive Battle of Okehazama. In...
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  • Udono Nagateru (category Year of birth unknown)
    Yoshimoto's nephew. In 1560 he fought at the Battle of Okehazama against Oda Nobunaga and 1562 at the Siege of Kaminogō Castle against Tokugawa Ieyasu. v...
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    Ikeda Tsuneoki (category Japanese warriors killed in battle)
    Yoshimoto at the Battle of Okehazama. In 1567, he participated at Siege of Inabayama Castle against the Saitō clan in the first division of Oda Nobunaga's...
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    during the Battle of Okehazama, but he wasn't a part of the main strike force. According to the Nobunaga Kōki, he served in the Battle of Inabayama 1567...
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    in the Battle of Okehazama, the province of Totomi and Mikawa went into chaos. Ujizane succeeded his father, but due to the chaotic state of the Imagawa...
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    Nagoya (redirect from History of Nagoya)
    1560, the Battle of Okehazama took place in Dengakuhazama, Owari Province which was just outside of what would become Nagoya city. In this battle, Oda Nobunaga...
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    Ninja (redirect from History of the ninja)
    to the conquest of Kōka in 1574, the two confederacies worked in alliance together from at least 1487. Following the Battle of Okehazama in 1560, Tokugawa...
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    Inuyama Castle (category National Treasures of Japan)
    against Oda Nobunaga's unification of Owari Province. After Nobunaga had defeated the Imagawa clan at the Battle of Okehazama in 1560, his cousin, Oda Nobukiyo...
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