Battle of Tenmokuzan

The 1582 Battle of Tenmokuzan (天目山の戦い, Tenmokuzan no Tatakai) in Japan, also known as the Battle of Toriibata, is regarded as the last stand of the Takeda clan. This was the final attempt by Takeda Katsuyori to resist the combined forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga, who had been campaigning against him for some time.

Battle of Tenmokuzan
Part of the Sengoku period
Edo period scroll depicting the last battle of Takeda Katsuyori
Date 1582 Location Tenmoku Mountain, Kai Province, Japan Result Oda-Tokugawa victory
Belligerents
Forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu	Forces of Takeda Katsuyori
Commanders and leaders
Oda Nobunaga Tokugawa Ieyasu	Takeda Katsuyori † Oyamada Nobushige
Strength
4000	35000
Casualties and losses
	Entire army destroyed, Katsuyori commits suicide.

In his bid to hide from his pursuers, Katsuyori burned his castle at Shinpu Castle and fled into the mountains, to another Takeda stronghold, called Iwadono, held by Oyamada Nobushige, an old Takeda retainer. Katsuyori was denied entry by Oyamada, and committed suicide with his wife, while the last remnant of his army held off their pursuers.

Aftermath

After Oyamada Nobushige betrayed Katsuyori at the Battle of Tenmokuzan; however, when he went to the Oda clan camp, he was executed by Oda Nobunaga's officer Horio Yoshiharu.