Battle of Gifu Castle
The Battle of Gifu Castle (岐阜城の戦い, Gifu-jō no Tatakai) took place in September 1600 that led to the destruction of Gifu Castle in Gifu, Mino Province (modern-day Gifu Prefecture), Japan. The battle served as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara the following month. It pitted Oda Hidenobu of the Ishida Mitsunari western forces against Ikeda Terumasa, Ikeda Sen, and Fukushima Masanori of the eastern forces and loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu. The castle was destroyed as a result of the battle.
| Battle of Gifu Castle 岐阜城の戦い | |||||||||
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| Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||||
View of Gifu Castle (painting from the Edo period) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Western Army: Forces loyal to Ishida Mitsunari |
Eastern Army: Forces loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu | ||||||||
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Oda Hidenobu Oda Hidenori Tsuda Tōsaburō Kozukuri Tomoyasu Dodo Tsunaie Sugiura Shigekatsu Mōri Hiromori Mori Samon Date Heiemon Takenaka Sankuro Saitō Tokugen |
Ikeda Terumasa Fukushima Masanori Yamauchi Kazutoyo Arima Toyōji Togawa Tatsuyasu Horio Tadauji Tanaka Yoshimasa Tōdō Takatora Kuroda Nagamasa Asano Yoshinaga Ii Naomasa | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 6,000 | 35,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| unclear | unclear | ||||||||
Location within Japan | |||||||||
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