Battle of Imafuku 1600
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 26 December 1600 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1600 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Location | Japan | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Asia | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Winter Siege of Osaka | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | Kimura Shigenari, Satake Yoshinobu | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 34.6982, 135.5491 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Imafuku (今福の戦い, Imafuku no tatakai) was fought on November 26th, 1614 between the forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Toyotomi clan. 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 1,500 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 Masatomo Yano.
After Satake routed the defenders from the village and killed Iida and Yano, 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.
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