Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Sakuma Nobumori

Battles of Sakuma Nobumori

Retainer for the Oda clan, 1527 to 1582

Sakuma Nobumori is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1544 and 1575: 5 battles and 4 sieges, all in present-day Japan. Taken in date order, the sites lie 465 km apart end to end, 58 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Three Surprise Attacks of Japan (1), Ishiyama Hongan-ji War (1), Operation Nishikami (1).

Battle of KanōguchiSieges of NagashimaSiege of Chōkō-jiSiege of Ichijōdani CastleBattle of InōBattle of OkehazamaSiege of Mount HieiBattle of MikatagaharaBattle of NagashinoBattle of InōBattle of OkehazamaSiege of Mount HieiBattle of MikatagaharaBattle of NagashinoŌsakaKyotoNaganoYokohamaKōbeKanazawaTsuWakayamaGifuFukui200 km35.397N, 136.771E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1544: 1 engagements1556: 1 engagements1560: 1 engagements1570: 2 engagements2 in 15701571: 1 engagements1573: 2 engagements2 in 15731575: 1 engagements15441575
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Kanōguchi, 1544Battle of Inō, 1556Battle of Okehazama, 1560Sieges of Nagashima, 1570Siege of Chōkō-ji, 1570Siege of Mount Hiei, 1571Siege of Ichijōdani Castle, 1573Battle of Mikatagahara, 1573Battle of Nagashino, 157515441575
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1544Battle of KanōguchiJapanSaitō clan victory
27 September 1556Battle of InōNazuka-chō, Japan25 km SEOda Nobunaga victory
12 June 1560Battle of OkehazamaOkehazama, Japan18 km SEOda clan victory; Survival of the Oda clan
1570Sieges of NagashimaNagashima Castle, Japan26 km WIkkō-ikki victory.
1570Siege of Chōkō-jiChōkō-ji Castle, Japan52 km WOda victory; Siege lifted.
29 September 1571Siege of Mount HieiMount Hiei, Japan27 km WOda victory
1573Siege of Ichijōdani CastleIchijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins, Japan111 km NOda clan victory; Asakura clan destroyed
25 January 1573Battle of MikatagaharaMikatahara, Japan185 km SETakeda clan victory; Tokugawa Ieyasu retreat; Takeda...
28 June 1575Battle of NagashinoNagashino Castle, Japan21 km NWOda–Tokugawa 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.