Battle of Okehazama

Battle of Okehazama
Part of the Sengoku period

Ukiyo-e of the Battle of Okehazama by Utagawa Toyonobu
Date12 June 1560
Location
Dengaku-hazama, Toyoake, Owari Province, Japan
35°03′01″N 136°59′48″E / 35.05028°N 136.99667°E / 35.05028; 136.99667
Result

Oda clan victory

  • Survival of the Oda clan
Territorial
changes
Imagawa threat to Owari Province removed
Belligerents
Imagawa clan
Matsudaira clan
Oda clan
Commanders and leaders
Strength
25,000[1] 2,000–3,000
Battle of Okehazama is located in Aichi Prefecture
Battle of Okehazama
Location within Aichi Prefecture
Battle of Okehazama is located in Japan
Battle of Okehazama
Battle of Okehazama (Japan)

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 outnumbered Oda clan troops, commanded by Oda Nobunaga, defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto and established Oda as one of the front-running warlords in the Sengoku period.[2]

  1. ^ (Research by Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office)
  2. ^ A Military History of Japan by John Kuehn p. 102

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