Battle of Anegawa
The Sengoku period Battle of Anegawa (姉川の戦い, Anegawa no Tatakai) (30 July 1570) occurred near Lake Biwa in Ōmi Province, Japan, between the allied forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, against the combined forces of the Azai and Asakura clans. It is notable as the first battle that involved the alliance between Nobunaga and Ieyasu, liberated the Oda clan from its unbalanced alliance with the Azai, and saw Nobunaga's prodigious use of firearms.
| Battle of Anegawa | |||||||
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| Part of Sengoku period | |||||||
Blue: Azai (east) and Asakura (west). Red: Oda (east), Tokugawa (west), and Inaba (southeast) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Oda clan Tokugawa clan |
Azai clan Asakura clan | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Oda Nobunaga Tokugawa Ieyasu Hashiba Hideyoshi Sassa Narimasa Honda Tadakatsu Sakakibara Yasumasa Inaba Yoshimichi |
Azai Nagamasa Asakura Yoshikage Asakura Kagetake Akao Kiyotsuna Kaihō Tsunachika Isono Kazumasa Miyabe Keijun | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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28,000 total (23,000 Oda troops, plus 5,000 from Tokugawa Ieyasu) | 18,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 800 killed | 1,700 killed | ||||||
Location within Shiga Prefecture Battle of Anegawa (Japan) | |||||||
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