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Anegawa 1570 - Oda against Asai Scenario#: 24     Date: 30 July 1570     Location: Ane River near Lake Biwa, Nagahama, Ōmi Province, Japan As both sides deployed for battle with Oda facing Asai and Tokugawa against Asakura, the one engagement actually became two separate battles. On the Oda right flank, the Asai were having the better of Nobunaga's troops. One Asai samurai named … Samurai Battles
First Battle of Azukizaka 1542 Scenario#: 8     Date: August, 1542     Location: Azukizaka, Mikawa Province, Japan The Oda and Imagawa were great rivals, but fighting between these two families was rare, for the two were separated by the domains of the Matsudaira family. In 1542, however, Oda Nobuhide and Imagawa Yashimoto, seeking to extend their influence … Samurai Battles
Okehazama 1560 - Border Fort Marune Scenario#: 11     Date: June 1560     Location: Toyoake, Owari Province, Japan In ]une of 1560, Imagawa Yoshimoto assembled a large army with a dream of rising above a local daimyo to become shogunate of all Japan. All that stood in his path to Kyoto, Japan's capital city, was an old rival, … Samurai Battles
Okehazama 1560 - Dengakuhazama Gorge Scenario#: 12     Date: June 1560     Location: Toyoake, Owari Province, Japan After his army's success at capturing the Oda border forts of Marune and Washízu, the Imagawa army and its commander Yoshimoto took time to rest and celebrate their victories in a wooded gorge called Dengakuhazama. Nobunga, hearing of this, quickly … Samurai Battles
Second Battle of Azukizaka 1548 Scenario#: 10     Date: 1548     Location: Azukizaka, Mikawa Province, Japan In 1548 Oda Nobuhide led an army into Mikawa, his objective being the Matsudaira's capital city of Okazaki. Matudaíra's young lord, Hirotada, turned to Imagawa for assistance and agreed to provide his only son as a hostage in return for … Samurai Battles
Tedorigawa 1577 Scenario#: 32     Date: 3 November 1577     Location: Tedori River, Kaga Province, Japan Uesugi Kenshin invaded Noto province in the fall of 1577, prompting Oda Nobunaga to dispatch a sizable army to the relief of his allies at Nanao castle. Kenshin was initally hesitant to face the great host, but before the Oda … Samurai Battles