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Battle of Mikatagahara | |||||||
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Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||
![]() Battle of Mikatagahara | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Takeda clan |
Tokugawa clan Oda clan | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
35,000 Takeda |
11,000 total (8,000 Tokugawa, 3,000 Oda reinforcements) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
500 to 3,000 | Almost completely annihilated |
The Battle of Mikatagahara (三方ヶ原の戦い, Mikatagahara no tatakai) took place during the Sengoku period of Japan between Takeda Shingen and Tokugawa Ieyasu in Mikatagahara, Tōtōmi Province on 25 January 1573.[1] Shingen attacked Ieyasu at the plain of Mikatagahara north of Hamamatsu during his campaign against Oda Nobunaga while seeking a route from Kōfu to Kyoto. The Tokugawa-Oda force was almost totally annihilated by the Takeda after being encircled and many of Ieyasu's retainers were killed in the battle. Ieyasu and his surviving men were forced to retreat before launching a minor counterattack to delay Shingen's march towards Kyoto.