Battle of Uchidehama

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Uchidehama
partof=the Sengoku period


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date=1582
place=Uchidehama, near Ōtsu, outside Kyoto, Japan
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result=Toyotomi Hideyoshi victory
combatant1=forces of Akechi Mitsuhide
combatant2=forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
commander1=Akechi Mitsuhide
commander2=Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Hori Hidemasa
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The nihongo|Battle of Uchidehama|打出浜の戦い|Uchidehama no Tatakai took place in 1582, following the Battle of Yamazaki. The forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi pursued the defeated Akechi clan to Uchidehama and engaged the clan again there. Akechi Mitsuharu led the Akechi, as his cousin, Mitsuhide, died at Yamazaki. Mitsuharu fought Hori Hidemasa, who was pursuing the Akechi on behalf of Toyotomi Hideyoshi at Uchidehama, and lost.

References

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