Okehazama no Tatakai

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Okehazama no Tatakai is a pivotal 1560 battle in Japan in which the outnumbered Oda Nobunaga defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto, marking the beginning of Nobunaga’s rise to power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
aftermath Imagawa clan power rapidly declined ⓘ
linked to: Imagawa clan

Oda Nobunaga expanded influence in central Japan ⓘ
linked to: Oda Nobunaga
approximateStrengthImagawa around 20,000–25,000 troops ⓘ
approximateStrengthOda around 2,000–3,000 troops ⓘ
associatedWith unification of Japan under Oda–Toyotomi–Tokugawa ⓘ
battleType land battle ⓘ
belligerent Imagawa clan ⓘ
Oda clan ⓘ
characteristic Oda forces were heavily outnumbered ⓘ
chronology fought before Oda Nobunaga’s march on Kyoto ⓘ
commander Imagawa Yoshimoto ⓘ
Oda Nobunaga ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
date 1560-06-12 ⓘ
era Sengoku period ⓘ
hasCategory 16th-century battles ⓘ
Battles involving Japan ⓘ
Battles of the Sengoku period ⓘ
hasName Battle of Okehazama ⓘ
Okehazama no Tatakai ⓘ
桶狭間の戦い ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Okehazama
historicalPeriod Japanese feudal era ⓘ
location Okehazama ⓘ
Owari Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
present-day Nagoya ⓘ
notableDeath Imagawa Yoshimoto ⓘ
notableFigure Imagawa Yoshimoto ⓘ
Oda Nobunaga ⓘ
notedFor dramatic upset victory ⓘ
use of terrain and weather to offset numerical inferiority ⓘ
outcome collapse of Imagawa clan’s dominance in Tōkai region ⓘ
partOf Oda–Imagawa conflict ⓘ
precededBy Imagawa invasion of Owari Province ⓘ
relatedEvent Oda Nobunaga’s later campaigns to seize Mino Province ⓘ
result Oda clan victory ⓘ
death of Imagawa Yoshimoto ⓘ
significance beginning of Oda Nobunaga’s rise to power ⓘ
turning point in the Sengoku period power balance ⓘ
strategicObjectiveImagawa advance toward Kyoto ⓘ
strategicObjectiveOda defend Owari Province ⓘ
tactic ambush on Imagawa main camp ⓘ
surprise attack by Oda Nobunaga ⓘ
use of sudden assault during stormy weather ⓘ
weatherCondition heavy rain and storm during battle ⓘ
year 1560 ⓘ

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Battle of Okehazama → alsoKnownAs → Okehazama no Tatakai ⓘ
Okehazama no Tatakai → hasName → Okehazama no Tatakai ⓘ