Battle of Shigino

The Battle of Shigino, fought in the final months of 1614, was one battle during the Siege of Osaka, a campaign by the Tokugawa shogunate to destroy or subjugate the last resistance to its power, the Toyotomi clan.

Battle of Shigino
Part of the Siege of Osaka

Battle of Shigino. Uesugi forces are in red, Toyotomi forces in blue.
DateNovember 26, 1614
Location
Shigino, on the Kizu river, Japan
34°41′28.2″N 135°32′57.6″E
Result Undecided
Belligerents
Tokugawa shogunate Toyotomi clan
Commanders and leaders
Uesugi Kagekatsu
Niwa Nagashige
Horio Tadaharu
Inoue Yoritsugu
Ōno Harunaga
Strength
5,000 2,000
Location within Japan
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