battle, early modern

Battle of Kanōguchi

Name: Battle of Kanōguchi
Location: Japan

Battle of Kanōguchi was a battle fought in 1544 in what is now Japan. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. The recorded result: Saitō clan victory.

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Fought1544

WhereJapan35.405N, 136.762E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSaitō clan victory

BelligerentsSaitō clanagainstOda clan

Record

Date	1544 (year precision)
Place	Japan 35.405N, 136.762E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Casualties and losses		5,000 men (including Oda Nobuyasu)
Commanders	Saitō Dōsan Mori Yoshinari	Oda Nobuhide Toki Yorinari Shibata Katsuie Sakuma Nobumori

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Gifu Castle 1600, 3.7 km NE
Siege of Inabayama Castle 1567, 3.7 km NE
Battle of Nagara-gawa 1556, 4.5 km N
Battle of Komeno 1600, 5.6 km SE
Battle of Sunomata-gawa 1181, 9.1 km SW

Elsewhere in 1544

Battle of Kanōguchi 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 Q4871383, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Kanōguchi, revision 1370444741, 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.