Battle of Tonegawa
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Battle of Tonegawa | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Uesugi forces | Takeda forces | ||||||
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Uesugi Kenshin | Takeda Shingen | ||||||
Location within Gunma Prefecture |
The Battle of Tonegawa was the last battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen during the final years of the Sengoku period (16th century) of Japan .
During the year of 1571, the famed Uesugi Kenshin had advanced to the province of Kozuke and attacked the satellite castle of Takeda Shingen --Ishikura castle--. Shingen responded to Kenshin's attack, in which both forces met each other in a stand-off across the Tonegawa river. The opponents eventually disengaged each other after a well-fought battle.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Turnbull, Stephen (2000). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & C0. p. 221. ISBN 1854095234.