Conflict: | Battle of Mimaomote |
Date: | 21 May 1579 |
Place: | Iyo Province |
Result: | Kōno clan victory |
Combatant1: | Kōno Michinao forces |
Combatant2: | forces of Chōsokabe Motochika |
Commander1: | Doi Kiyonaga |
Commander2: | Kumu Yorinobu |
Strength2: | 7,000 |
The was a battle during the Azuchi–Momoyama period (16th century) of Japan.The Battle of Mimaomote was initiated by Chōsokabe commander Kumu Yorinobu with 7,000 men as he advanced into Iyo Province on Shikoku Island.
There Kumu Yorinobu attacked Kōno forces under Doi Kiyonaga, who had crossed the Mimaomote River to engage him. Yorinobu was defeated and killed.[1]