battle, early modern

Battle of Tedorigawa

Name: Battle of Tedorigawa
Start: 1577-11-03
Location: Tedori River, Japan

Battle of Tedorigawa was a battle fought on 3 November 1577 at Tedori River, in what is now Japan. The recorded result: Uesugi clan victory. Recorded strength: 30,000 against 50,000.

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Fought3 November 1577

WhereTedori River, Japan36.479N, 136.479E

OutcomeUesugi clan victory

BelligerentsUesugi clanagainstOda clan

Casualties and lossesUnknownand1,000 men, many more drowned

Record

Date	3 November 1577
Place	Tedori River, Japan 36.479N, 136.479E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	30,000	50,000
Casualties and losses	Unknown	1,000 men, many more drowned
Commanders	Uesugi Kenshin Uesugi Kagetora Uesugi Kagekatsu Saitō Tomonobu Shibata Nagaatsu Honjō Shigenaga	Oda Nobunaga Shibata Katsuie Maeda Toshiie Sassa Narimasa Akechi Mitsuhide Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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 Asainawate 1600, 11 km S
Battle of Shinohara 1183, 17 km SW
Battle of Kurikara 1183, 37 km NE
Battle of Shioyama 1183, 45 km NE
Siege of Suemori 1584, 47 km NE

Elsewhere in 1577

Battle of Tedorigawa 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 Q1045768, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Tedorigawa, revision 1384287906, 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.