![]() After this, the Imagawa clan declined.īishu Okehazama Gassen (備州桶狭間合戦) by Utagawa Toyonobu (歌川豊信) Public Domain ( ) In the end, Imagawa Yoshimoto was killed by the Oda side in the battle. The rain was so heavy that the I magawa troop could not even see the Oda troop was coming. On top of that, all of a sudden, it began raining heavily. While they were having a good time, Oda Nobunaga made a surprise attack on the Imagawa troop. Knowing Imagawa troop would come this way, Nobunaga sent out his men disguised as farmers and offered food and sake to Imagawa soldiers. The road going through Okehazama was long and narrow. Imagawa troops decided to stop and rest in a place called Okehazama. Imagawa’ s side was sure to win this easy battle since the Oda clan was small, and the head of the clan was an idiot. While Imagawa Yoshimoto was advancing, Nobunaga scouted which route Imagawa would take. But in the end, to everyone’s surprise, the Oda side won. Among Oda vassals, some insisted on just staying inside the castle instead of going out and fighting since Nobunaga managed to gather only 3,000 men. Not too many people had much confidence in him. Also, at that time, Nobunaga was called “The idiot of Owari” because of his eccentric behaviors (he was actually a genius). He had just become the head of Owari after his father’s death. It was quite apparent that there was no chance for Oda Nobunaga to beat Imagawa. Oda Nobunaga (織田信長) was still a young man who had much less means than Imagawa Yoshimoto. See map below for the location), Oda Nobunaga’s territory. On his way up to Kyoto, they needed to pass Owari (尾張: Aichi prefecture today. Imagawa clan decided to advance his army toward Kyoto to take over the government. He was a powerful Sengoku Daimyo who was big enough to be the top ruler of the country. Oda Nobunaga ( 織田信長 ) defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto in Okehazama ( 桶狭間 )Īround 1560, Imagawa Yoshimoto (今川義元) controlled a significant part of Suruga (today’s Shizuoka prefecture. Their final goal was to defeat others and advance to Kyoto (京都) to be the supreme political power. The names of known powerful Daimyo are Imagawa Yoshimoto (今川義元), Takeda Shingen (武田信玄), Uesugi Kenshin (上杉謙信), Hojo Soun (北条早雲), Oda Nobunaga (織田信長), Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康), Toyotomi Hideyoshi (豊臣秀吉). ![]() Little by little, the number of Daimyo became lesser. The stronger Daimyo took over weaker ones’ territories. They allied with a neighboring territory on and off and sometimes betrayed each other. At the beginning of the Sengoku Period, 30 or so small Sengoku Daimyo (warlord) fought fiercely with each other. The swords made during the Keicho time is technically Shin-to, but they are specially called Keicho Shin-to.Ģ2| Sengoku Period History (戦国時代歴史) described the overview of the Sengoku Period. Therefore, the beginning of the Keicho era is the dividing line. The swords made in and after the Keicho era are called Shin-to (new sword), and swords before the Keicho era are called Ko-to (old sword). ![]() The center timeline above shows the Sengoku Period (戦国時代) ends in 1596 for sword history.ġ596 is the beginning of the Keicho (慶長) era. The circle above indicate the time we discuss in this sectionĢ2| Sengoku Period History (戦国時代歴史) explained how we separated the timeline based on political history and sword history. Please read chapter 22 Sengoku Period Historybefore reading this chapter. Chapter 56 is a detailed part of chapter 22 Sengoku Period History.
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