Conflict: | Battle of Tonegawa |
Date: | 1571 |
Place: | Tonegawa, Kozuke province |
Coordinates: | 36.6786°N 138.9992°W |
Map Type: | Japan Gunma Prefecture#Japan |
Map Relief: | yes |
Result: | disengagement |
Combatant1: | Uesugi forces |
Combatant2: | Takeda forces |
Commander1: | Uesugi Kenshin |
Commander2: | Takeda Shingen |
The Battle of Tonegawa was the last battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen during the final years of the Sengoku period (16th century) of Japan .
During the year of 1571, the famed Uesugi Kenshin had advanced to the province of Kozuke and attacked the satellite castle of Takeda Shingen --Ishikura castle--. Shingen responded to Kenshin's attack, in which both forces met each other in a stand-off across the Tonegawa river. The opponents eventually disengaged each other after a well-fought battle.[1]