Battle of Shigeno


The battle of Shigeno, fought in the final months of 1614, is one more element of the Osaka siege, a series of attempts by the Tokugawa shogunate to quell the last resistance against its power, the Toyotomi clan. History

Five thousand Tokugawa loyalists, led by Uesugi Kagekatsu, fought 2,000 loyalty men to Toyotomi in a place called Shigeno, across the Kizu River, on the opposite side of the Imafuku battle, a few weeks before. Tokugawa forces received reinforcements from Niwa Nagashige and Horio Tadatoki and included a small number of arquebusiers. They brought orders from the shōgun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, that Uesugi Kagekatsu should withdraw from the battle and take a break; Kagekatsu insisted that this was an affront to his honor, since Uesugi's tradition did not allow him to withdraw from an ongoing battle.

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