Battle of Shigeno

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Shigeno
partof=the siege of Osaka


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date=November 26, 1614
place=Shigeno, near the Kizugawa (Kizu River), Japan
casus=
territory=
result=Undecided
combatant1=Tokugawa shogunate
combatant2=Toyotomi clan
commander1=Uesugi Kagekatsu, Niwa Nagashige, Horio Tadatoki
commander2=Unknown
strength1=5000
strength2=2000
casualties1=
casualties2=

The battle of Shigeno, fought in the final months of 1614, was one element in the siege of Osaka, a series of attempts by the Tokugawa shogunate to quell the last resistance to its power, the Toyotomi clan.

Five thousand Tokugawa troops, led by Uesugi Kagekatsu, engaged 2000 troops loyal to the Toyotomi at a place called Shigeno, across the Kizu River from the site of the battle of Imafuku, which took place several weeks earlier. The Tokugawa troops received reinforcements from Niwa Nagashige and Horio Tadatoki whose forces included a number of arquebusiers. They brought orders from the Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, that Uesugi Kagekatsu should withdraw from the battle and take a rest; Kagekatsu insisted that this was an affront to his honor, as the Uesugi traditionally would not retire from a battle in progress.

References

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