Battle of Imafuku

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Imafuku
partof=the post-Sengoku period


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date=late November 1614
place=Imafuku, just northeast of Osaka, Japan
result=Tokugawa victory
combatant1=Tokugawa shogunate
combatant2=Toyotomi clan
commander1=Satake Yoshinobu, Uesugi Kagekatsu
commander2=Kimura Shigenari, Gotō Mototsugu
strength1=1500 + reinforcements
strength2=600 + reinforcements
casualties1=
casualties2=

The nihongo|battle of Imafuku|今福の戦い|Imafuku no tatakai was fought in late November of 1614 between the forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Toyotomi. 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 1500 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 Yado.

After Satake routed the defenders from the village and killed Iida, 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.