Battle of Sendaigawa

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Sendaigawa
partof=Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Kyūshū Campaign


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date=1587
place=Sendaigawa, north of Kagoshima, Kyūshū
result=Toyotomi victory; Satsuma withdrawal
combatant1= forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
combatant2= forces of Shimazu clan
commander1= Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Hashiba Hidenaga
commander2= Niiro Tadamoto
strength1= 170,000
strength2= 5,000
casualties1=
casualties2=

The 1587 battle of Sendaigawa was part of the Kyūshū Campaign undertaken by warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi towards the end of Japan's Sengoku period. The Sendai River ("Sendaigawa") was among the final obstacles to Hideyoshi's attack on Kagoshima, the center of the Shimazu clan's domains.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi and his half-brother Hashiba Hidenaga met a Shimazu clan force, led by Niiro Tadamoto, near the river. Despite being vastly outnumbered 5,000 to 17,000, Niiro led his men in a charge against the Toyotomi force, and even engaged the famous warrior Katō Kiyomasa in personal combat before retreating under cover of night.

References

*Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co. p240.