battle, notable, early modern

Battle of Inō

Name: Battle of Inō
Start: 1556-09-27
Location: Nazuka-chō, Japan

Battle of Inō was a battle fought on 27 September 1556 at Nazuka-chō, in what is now Japan. The recorded result: Oda Nobunaga victory. Recorded strength: 700 against 1,700.

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Fought27 September 1556

WhereNazuka-chō, Japan35.206N, 136.891E

OutcomeOda Nobunaga victory

BelligerentsForces of Oda NobunagaagainstForces of Oda Nobuyuki

Casualties and lossesUnknownandMore than 450

Record

Date	27 September 1556
Place	Nazuka-chō, Japan 35.206N, 136.891E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	700	1,700
Casualties and losses	Unknown	More than 450
Commanders	Oda Nobunaga Oda Shōsaemon Oda Nobufusa Mori Yoshinari Maeda Toshiie Sassa Magosuke	Oda Nobuyuki Hayashi Hidesada Hayashi Mimasaka Shibata Katsuie Sakuma Nobumori Sakuma Morishige

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

Nearest engagements

Battle of Kiyosu 1552, 5.1 km W
Siege of Iwakura 1558, 7.8 km N
Siege of Kanie 1584, 12 km SW
Battle of Ukino 1558, 12 km N
Siege of Oguchi Castle 1569, 14 km N

Elsewhere in 1556

Battle of Inō 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 Q4187960, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Inō, revision 1380940967, 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.