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Battle of Anegawa

Battle of Anegawa was a battle fought on 30 July 1570 at Anegawa River, in what is now Japan. The recorded result: Oda–Tokugawa victory. Recorded strength: 28,000 total; (23,000 Oda troops, plus 5,000 from Tokugawa Ieyasu) against 18,000.

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Anegawa battle
Anegawa battle. ja:User:Jmho, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought30 July 1570
WhereAnegawa River, Japan35.416N, 136.322E
OutcomeOda–Tokugawa victory.
BelligerentsOda clan; Tokugawa clanagainstAzai clan; Asakura clan
Casualties and losses800 killedand1,700 killed

Record

Date30 July 1570
PlaceAnegawa River, Japan
35.416N, 136.322E
KindBattle, early modern
Strength28,000 total; (23,000 Oda troops, plus 5,000 from Tokugawa Ieyasu)18,000
Casualties and losses800 killed1,700 killed
Commanders
  • Azai Nagamasa
  • Isono Kazumasa
  • Kaihō Tsunachika
  • Miyabe Keijun
  • Akao Kiyotsuna
  • Asakura Yoshikage
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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 Anegawa
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 50 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Anegawa today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-05-04. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 127 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 84 to 694 m, 611 m of relief, steep country and today it is 39% cropland, 33% tree cover, 25% built-up.

cropland: 39%tree cover: 33%built-up: 25%grassland: 2%cropland 39%tree cover 33%built-up 25%grassland 2%
west to east, 10.0 km97 to 627 mnorth to south, 10.0 km95 to 363 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 1570

Battle of Anegawa is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 481 in present-day Japan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q964983, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Anegawa, revision 1384007056, 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.