Battle of Imafuku

1600 battle
34°41′53.6″N 135°32′56.8″E / 34.698222°N 135.549111°E / 34.698222; 135.549111Result Tokugawa victoryBelligerents Tokugawa shogunate Toyotomi clanCommanders and leaders Satake Yoshinobu
Uesugi Kagekatsu Kimura Shigenari
Gotō MototsuguStrength 1,500 + reinforcements 600 + reinforcementsCasualties and losses 500-600
Battle of Imafuku is located in Japan
Battle of Imafuku
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Location within Japan
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Siege of Osaka
  • Shigino
  • Kizugawa
  • Imafuku
  • Bakurōbuchi
  • Noda-Fukushima
  • Sanada Maru
  • Honmachi Bridge
  • Kishu
  • Kashii
  • Dōmyōji
  • Yao
  • Wakae
  • Tennoji

The Battle of Imafuku (今福の戦い, Imafuku no tatakai) was fought on November 26th, 1614 between the forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Toyotomi clan. This battle was one of the first of the series of battles fought near Osaka over the course of two years. The village of Imafuku stood on the northeast approach to Osaka, and so Tokugawa Ieyasu sent 1,500 men under the command of Satake Yoshinobu to secure the site for a fort. They faced off against 600 men loyal to the Toyotomi "Western Army," under two generals named Iida and Masatomo Yano.

After Satake routed the defenders from the village and killed Iida and Yano, reinforcements from the Western Army arrived. Kimura Shigenari and Gotō Mototsugu led a charge, incurring major casualties on the Eastern force and forcing Satake to call a withdrawal.

However, in the end, the Western forces were forced back once more after Uesugi Kagekatsu arrived with reinforcements for Satake's men. Satake then managed to finally get a hold on the village.

References

  • Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co.
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