Atlas of Battles

commander, 14 engagements

Battles of Oda Nobunaga

Battles of Oda Nobunaga

Japanese samurai and warlord (1534–1582)

Oda Nobunaga is recorded as a commander at 14 placed engagements in the atlas between 1552 and 1577: 8 battles and 6 sieges, all in present-day Japan. Taken in date order, the sites lie 811 km apart end to end, 62 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Three Surprise Attacks of Japan (1).

Battle of AkatsukaBattle of KiyosuSiege of MurakiBattle of InōBattle of UkinoSiege of DōhoraSiege of Inabayama CastleSiege of Ichijōdani CastleBattle of TedorigawaBattle of OkehazamaSiege of KanegasakiBattle of AnegawaSiege of Mount HieiBattle of NagashinoBattle of OkehazamaSiege of KanegasakiBattle of AnegawaSiege of Mount HieiBattle of NagashinoŌsakaNagoyaKyotoNaganoYokohamaKōbeKanazawaHamamatsuTsuFukui200 km35.700N, 136.683E
14 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1552: 2 engagements2 in 15521554: 1 engagements1556: 1 engagements1558: 1 engagements1560: 1 engagements1565: 1 engagements1567: 1 engagements1570: 2 engagements2 in 15701571: 1 engagements1573: 1 engagements1575: 1 engagements1577: 1 engagements15521577
14 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Akatsuka, 1552Battle of Kiyosu, 1552Siege of Muraki, 1554Battle of Inō, 1556Battle of Ukino, 1558Battle of Okehazama, 1560Siege of Dōhora, 1565Siege of Inabayama Castle, 1567Siege of Kanegasaki, 1570Battle of Anegawa, 1570Siege of Mount Hiei, 1571Siege of Ichijōdani Castle, 1573Battle of Nagashino, 1575Battle of Tedorigawa, 157715521577
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
10 May 1552Battle of AkatsukaNarumi Castle, JapanYamaguchi victory; Nobunaga retreat
4 September 1552Battle of KiyosuKayazu, Japan16 km NWOda Nobunaga victory
25 February 1554Siege of MurakiChita district, Japan25 km SEOda victory
27 September 1556Battle of InōNazuka-chō, Japan24 km NOda Nobunaga victory
1558Battle of UkinoUkino, Japan12 km NOda Nobunaga victory
12 June 1560Battle of OkehazamaOkehazama, Japan30 km SEOda clan victory; Survival of the Oda clan
22 September 1565Siege of DōhoraDōhora Castle, Japan47 km NOda clan victory
27 September 1567Siege of Inabayama CastleGifu Castle, Japan21 km WOda victory
1570Siege of KanegasakiKanegasaki Castle, Japan69 km WNobunaga withdraws his forces; Successful retreat by...
30 July 1570Battle of AnegawaAnegawa River, Japan36 km SEOda–Tokugawa victory.
29 September 1571Siege of Mount HieiMount Hiei, Japan58 km SWOda victory
1573Siege of Ichijōdani CastleIchijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins, Japan111 km NOda clan victory; Asakura clan destroyed
28 June 1575Battle of NagashinoNagashino Castle, Japan164 km SEOda–Tokugawa victory
3 November 1577Battle of TedorigawaTedori River, Japan197 km NWUesugi clan victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.