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Battle of Shizugatake

1583 · 16th century

The Battle of Shizugatake was fought in 1583 near Lake Biwa in Omi province, Japan, between Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Shibata Katsuie, rival successors to Oda Nobunaga. Hideyoshi made a rapid forced march to the battlefield and defeated Katsuie's commander Sakuma Morimasa; Katsuie retreated to his castle of Kitanosho, where he killed himself. The victory made Hideyoshi the leading power in Japan.

Battle of Shizugatake
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Toyotomi regime

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