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Battle of Tennōji
1615 battle / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Osaka City ward, see Tennōji-ku.
The Battle of Tennōji (天王寺・岡山の戦い, Tennōji Okayama no tatakai) was fought on 3 June, 1615 between the forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Toyotomi Hideyori.[2] Tokugawa was besieging Osaka, and Hideyori had planned a counterattack. Both sides were plagued by mistakes until Hideyori's side finally fell. He presumably committed suicide. The Toyotomi army suffered nearly 50% casualties in this battle, with more than 15,000 dead. This was also the final battle of Sanada Yukimura.
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Battle of Tennōji | |||||||
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Part of the Siege of Osaka | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Tokugawa clan | Toyotomi clan | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Hidetada Matsudaira Tadanao |
Toyotomi Hideyori † Yodo-dono † Sanada Yukimura † Mōri Katsunaga † Akashi Takenori | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
150,000 | more than 71,000[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
8,000 dead | 15,000-18,600 dead | ||||||
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