battle, early modern

Battle of Gifu Castle

Name: Battle of Gifu Castle
Start: 1600-09-30
Location: Gifu Castle, Japan

Battle of Gifu Castle was a battle fought on 30 September 1600 at Gifu Castle, in what is now Japan. The recorded result: Tokugawa victory. Recorded strength: 6,000 against 35,000.

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Fought30 September 1600

WhereGifu Castle, Japan35.434N, 136.782E

OutcomeTokugawa victory

Belligerents20px Western Army: Forces loyal to Ishida Mitsunariagainst20px Eastern Army: Forces loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu

Casualties and lossesUnclearandUnclear

Record

Date	30 September 1600
Place	Gifu Castle, Japan 35.434N, 136.782E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Territorial change	Castle falls to Eastern army
Strength	6,000	35,000
Casualties and losses	Unclear	Unclear
Commanders	Oda Hidenobu Oda Hidenori Tsuda Tōsaburō Kozukuri Tomoyasu Dodo Tsunaie Sugiura Shigekatsu	Ikeda Terumasa Fukushima Masanori Yamauchi Kazutoyo Arima Toyōji Togawa Tatsuyasu Horio Tadauji

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Inabayama Castle 1567, same recorded site
Battle of Nagara-gawa 1556, 2.1 km NW
Battle of Komeno 1600, 6.8 km SE
Battle of Sunomata-gawa 1181, 13 km SW
Battle of Ukino 1558, 15 km SE

Elsewhere in 1600

Battle of Gifu Castle 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 Q4871100, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Gifu Castle, revision 1373669600, 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.