Battle of Akatsuka | |||||||||
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Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||||
![]() Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582) was but a minor young daimyo at the time of the battle. | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Oda Nobunaga Naitō Shōsuke Hasegawa Kyōsuke Hachiya Yoritaka | Yamaguchi Noriyoshi | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
800 | 1,500 | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
30 samurai, unknown ashigaru | light | ||||||||
Location within Aichi Prefecture |
Battle of Akatsuka (or Akazuka, May 10, 1552) was the first recorded battle of the young Oda Nobunaga in his struggle to unite the province of Owari, against one of the former vassals of his late father (Oda Nobuhide, died in 1551), who switched his allegiance to the powerful Imagawa clan of Suruga province.[1][2]
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