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Battle of Shizugatake

Battle of Shizugatake was a battle fought on 11 June 1583 at Shizugatake, in what is now Japan. The recorded result: Decisive Hideyoshi victory. Recorded strength: 50,000 men against 30,000 men.

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An ukiyo-e of Battle of Shizugatake.
An ukiyo-e of Battle of Shizugatake.. Utagawa Toyonobu, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought11 June 1583
WhereShizugatake, Japan35.506N, 136.193E
OutcomeDecisive Hideyoshi victory
BelligerentsForces of Hashiba Hideyoshi and Oda NobukatsuagainstForces of Shibata Katsuie and Oda Nobutaka
Casualties and losses4,000–6,000and8,000

Record

Date11 June 1583
PlaceShizugatake, Japan
35.506N, 136.193E
KindBattle, early modern
Strength50,000 men30,000 men
Casualties and losses4,000–6,0008,000
Commanders
Battle of ShizugatakeBattle of ShizugatakeSiege of Odani CastleSiege of Hikida CastleBattle of AnegawaSiege of KanegasakiSiege of KanegasakiBattle of AnegawaSiege of KanegasakiŌsakaNagoyaKyotoNaganoKōbeKanazawaHamamatsuTsu100 km35.506N, 136.193E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Shizugatake
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 25 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Shizugatake today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-05-04. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 419 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 84 to 541 m, 457 m of relief, steep country and today it is 49% tree cover, 27% water, 14% cropland.

tree cover: 49%water: 27%cropland: 14%built-up: 8%tree cover 49%water 27%cropland 14%built-up 8%
west to east, 10.0 km84 to 417 mnorth to south, 10.0 km84 to 419 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

Elsewhere in 1583

Battle of Shizugatake is one of 1,470 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 604 in present-day Japan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q225562, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Shizugatake, revision 1375533803, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.