Battle of Tedorigawa

Part of the Sengoku period

Date	November 13, 1577
Location	Tedori River, Kaga Province
Result	Decisive Uesugi victory

Belligerents

forces of Uesugi Kenshin

forces of Oda Nobunaga

Commanders and leaders

Strength

30,000

50,000

The Battle of Tedorigawa (手取川の戦い, Tedorigawa no Tatakai^?) took place near the Tedori River in Japan's Kaga Province in 1577. The battle site is in the modern-day Ishikawa Prefecture.

After Oda Nobunaga's victory at Nagashino, Uesugi Kenshin broke off his alliance with Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, he then initiated an alliance in 1575 with the Ishiyama Honganji warrior monks (Ikko Ikki) and Takeda Katsuyori of the Takeda clan, with whom he had previously been at odds. The Tedorigawa Campaign was precipitated by Uesugi intervention inside the domain of the Hatakeyama clan in Noto Province, an Oda Client state. This event provoked the Uesugi incursion, there was a Coup d'état led by the pro Oda General Chō Shigetsura, that killed Hatakeyama Yoshinori the lord of Noto and replaced him with Hatakeyama Yoshitaka as a puppet ruler. As a result, Uesugi Kenshin, the head of the Uesegi clan mobilized an army to lead into Noto against Shigetsura. Consequently, Nobunaga sent an army led by Shibata Katsuie, Hashiba Hideyoshi and Maeda Toshiie; some of his most experienced generals to reinforce their allies.

Kenshin, taking the initiative moved to encircle Shigetsura’s forces preventing them from linking with the Oda army, and trapping Chō Shigetsura(Tsunatsura) in Nanao Castle (the main Hatakeyama stronghold in Noto Province) the subsequent Breakthrough killed Shigetsura and resulted in the Hatakeyama of Noto switching allegiance to the Uesugi.

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