Battle of Anegawa

Battle of Anegawa
Part of Sengoku period
Blue: Azai (east) and Asakura (west). Red: Oda (east), Tokugawa (west), and Inaba (southeast)
Date 30 July 1570 Location Ane River near Lake Biwa, Nagahama, Ōmi Province 35°24′57.8″N 136°19′19.8″E / 35.416056°N 136.322167°E / 35.416056; 136.322167 Result Oda–Tokugawa victory.
Belligerents
Oda clan Tokugawa clan	Azai clan Asakura clan
Commanders and leaders
Oda Nobunaga Hashiba Hideyoshi Sassa Narimasa Inaba Yoshimichi Tokugawa Ieyasu Ishikawa Kazumasa Sakai Tadatsugu Honda Tadakatsu Sakakibara Yasumasa	Azai Nagamasa Isono Kazumasa Kaihō Tsunachika Miyabe Keijun Akao Kiyotsuna Asakura Yoshikage Asakura Kagetake
Strength
28,000 total (23,000 Oda troops, plus 5,000 from Tokugawa Ieyasu)	18,000 [1]
Casualties and losses
800 killed	1,700 killed
class=notpageimage| Location within Shiga Prefecture Show map of Shiga Prefecture Battle of Anegawa (Japan) Show map of Japan

The Sengoku period Battle of Anegawa (姉川の戦い, Anegawa no Tatakai) (30 July 1570) occurred near Lake Biwa in Ōmi Province, Japan, between the allied forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, against the combined forces of the Azai and Asakura clans. It is notable as the first battle that involved the alliance between Nobunaga and Ieyasu, and it saw Nobunaga's prodigious use of firearms.