Kunohe rebellion

The Kunohe rebellion (九戸政実の乱, Kunoe Masazane no Ran) was an insurrection of the Sengoku period of Japan that occurred in Mutsu Province from 13 March to 4 September 1591. The Kunohe Rebellion was the final battle in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaigns during the Sengoku period and completed the unification of Japan.

Kunohe rebellion
Kunohe Rebellion
Kunohe Rebellion (Japan)
Date13 March – 4 September 1591
Location
Kunohe Castle, Mutsu Province, Japan (present-day Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture)
40°16′00″N 141°18′13″E
Result

Toyotomi-Tokugawa victory

  • Unification of Japan under Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Belligerents
Forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu Forces of Kunohe Masazane
Commanders and leaders
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Toyotomi Hidetsugu
Nanbu Nobunao
Gamo Ujisato
Asano Nagamasa
Uesugi Kagekatsu
Maeda Toshiie
Satake Yoshishige
Date Masamune
Mogami Yoshiaki
Tsugaru Tamenobu		 Kunohe Masazane †
Strength
60,000 5,000

Kunohe Masazane, a claimant to daimyō of the Nanbu clan, launched a rebellion against his rival Nanbu Nobunao backed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi which spread across Mutsu Province. Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu sent a large army into the Tōhoku region in mid-1591 which quickly defeated the rebels and Hideyoshi's army arrived at Kunohe Castle in early September. Masazane was outnumbered and surrendered Kunohe Castle but he and the castle defenders were executed.

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