In May of 1560, Imagawa Yoshimoto decided to make a move on Kyoto, and began a campaign to take the lands between his region in modern day Shizuoka and Kyoto. That meant entering Oda's domain. Having taken the eastern parts, the Imagawa army camped at Dengakuhazama. Oda Nobunaga moved to counter them, by leaving his castle in Kiyosu and moving to the Zensho Temple fort.
The temple-fort site is now a park overlooking the area that was to become the battlefield. Here, Nobunaga had rows of banners set up to make it look as tho his army had camped there.
Instead, during heavy rain and a thunderstorm, he and his troops moved to Kamagatani, the small valley in modern day Midori-Ku near to where the Imagawa troops were stationed.
Passing this rise, which has mostly been swallowed up by a university, kindergarten and car park, the Oda troops descended on an unprepared army. The site where most of the Imagawa men had set up camp is now a supermarket shopping centre The Oda defeated an enemy of almost 10 to 1, and this in turn gave rise to Oda Nobunaga's greatness.
After the battle, Nobunaga ordered the villagers to dig 7 large holes in which to bury the dead. This burial site too has mostly been taken up by modern housing. The site is on the rise above the Midori-Ku battlefield site, leading me to believe that the proper battle site, and therefore the grave of Imagawa Yoshimoto, must be the one at Midori-Ku.
In May of 1560, Imagawa Yoshimoto decided to make a move on Kyoto, and began a campaign to take the lands between his region in modern day Shizuoka and Kyoto. That meant entering Oda's domain. Having taken the eastern parts, the Imagawa army camped at Dengakuhazama. Oda Nobunaga moved to counter them, by leaving his castle in Kiyosu and moving to the Zensho Temple fort.
The temple-fort site is now a park overlooking the area that was to become the battlefield. Here, Nobunaga had rows of banners set up to make it look as tho his army had camped there.
Instead, during heavy rain and a thunderstorm, he and his troops moved to Kamagatani, the small valley in modern day Midori-Ku near to where the Imagawa troops were stationed.
Passing this rise, which has mostly been swallowed up by a university, kindergarten and car park, the Oda troops descended on an unprepared army. The site where most of the Imagawa men had set up camp is now a supermarket shopping centre The Oda defeated an enemy of almost 10 to 1, and this in turn gave rise to Oda Nobunaga's greatness.
After the battle, Nobunaga ordered the villagers to dig 7 large holes in which to bury the dead. This burial site too has mostly been taken up by modern housing. The site is on the rise above the Midori-Ku battlefield site, leading me to believe that the proper battle site, and therefore the grave of Imagawa Yoshimoto, must be the one at Midori-Ku.
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