The Battle of Imafuku (今 福 の 戦 い Imafuku no tatakai) was well fought November 1614 between the forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu and those of the Toyotomi clan. This battle was one of the first of a series of battles fought near Osaka over the course of two years. The village of Imafuku is located in the northeast of Osaka, and that is why Tokugawa Ieyasu sent 1,500 men under the command of Satake Yoshinobu to secure the site with a view to building a fort. They were measured against 600 men loyal to the Toyotomi Hideyori West Army, under the command of two generals called Iida and Yado.

After Satake surrounded the village's defenders and killed Iida, reinforcements from the Western army arrived. Kimura Shigenari and Gotō Mototsugu led a charge, further damaging the eastern force and forcing Satake to withdraw.

However, in the end, the forces of the West were forced to retreat once more, after Uesugi Kagekatsu arrived with reinforcements for Satake. Satake finally led them and conquered the village.

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