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The_battle_came_as_an_Azai_and_Asakura_reaction_to__Background
The_battle_came_as_an_Azai_and_Asakura_reaction_to__Background
The_battle_came_as_an_Azai_and_Asakura_reaction_to_Background
The battle came as an Azai and Asakura reaction toThe Battle
The following morning on July 30, 1570 the battle began with the Oda and Azai clashing on the right while Tokugawa and Asakura grappled to the left. The battle turned into aHistorical accounts
No reliable source exists to reconstruct the battle. The Battle of Anegawa is vividly presented in the books compiled in the middle or the end of the Edo period. Many of the stories are pure fiction. The only valuable source is the ''Shinchōkō-ki'', describing it very briefly without any notes concerning tactics or details of the battle. The exact number of the casualties in this battle is unknown. However, the ''Shinchōkō-ki'' mentions 1,100 samurai from the Asakura clan being killed in battle. An army of this period had at least several times more ''Aftermath
Later in October 1570, the Azai and Asakura retaliated by defeating an Oda army at Usayama Castle, near Otsu, in Ōmi Province, an action that killedIn popular culture
The battle has been featured in all games of the ''References
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