Atlas of Battles

battle, major, early modern

Battle of Okehazama

Battle of Okehazama was a battle fought on 12 June 1560 at Okehazama, in what is now Japan. It was part of Three Surprise Attacks of Japan. The recorded result: Oda clan victory; Survival of the Oda clan.

See it on the globe Read the article

An ukiyo-e of Battle of Okehazama (12 June 1560).
An ukiyo-e of Battle of Okehazama (12 June 1560).. Utagawa Toyonobu, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought12 June 1560
WhereOkehazama, Japan35.060N, 136.981E
OutcomeOda clan victory; Survival of the Oda clan
BelligerentsImagawa clan; Matsudaira clanagainstOda clan
Part ofThree Surprise Attacks of Japan

Where it sits in Three Surprise Attacks of Japan

Battle of Miyajima, 1555Siege of Marune, 1560Battle of Okehazama, 156015551560Battle of Okehazama, 1560
3 placed engagements of Three Surprise Attacks of Japan in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date12 June 1560
PlaceOkehazama, Japan
35.060N, 136.981E
KindBattle, early modern
Territorial changeImagawa threat to Owari Province removed
Commanders
  • Imagawa Yoshimoto
  • Matsui Munenobu
  • Iio Noritsura
  • Ii Naomori
  • Okabe Motonobu
  • Udono Nagateru
Battle of OkehazamaBattle of OkehazamaSiege of MaruneBattle of AkatsukaBattle of IshigasegawaSiege of MurakiSiege of Iwasaki CastleSiege of MaruneBattle of IshigasegawaSiege of Iwasaki CastleŌsakaKyotoKōbeHamamatsuTsuWakayamaGifuFukui100 km35.060N, 136.981E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.
桶狭間古戦場位置図
桶狭間古戦場位置図. Tomio344456, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Okehazama
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Okehazama today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-05-04. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 34 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from -4 to 82 m, 86 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 77% built-up, 16% tree cover, 3% grassland.

built-up: 77%tree cover: 16%grassland: 3%cropland: 2%built-up 77%tree cover 16%grassland 3%cropland 2%
west to east, 10.0 km0 to 56 mnorth to south, 10.0 km8 to 62 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

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1560

Battle of Okehazama 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 Q349422, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Okehazama, revision 1375316024, 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.