1575 AD
Battle of Nagashino
Oda and Tokugawa defeated Takeda forces at Nagashino, demonstrating firearms’ battlefield importance.
- Time period
- 1575 AD
- Region
- Japan
- Theme
- Military
- Civilization
- Sengoku Japan
The Battle of Nagashino took place in 1575 in Mikawa Province, in present-day Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu led allied forces against Takeda Katsuyori following his siege of Nagashino Castle. The allies won a decisive victory, with matchlock firearms playing an important role in the fighting. The defeat severely weakened the Takeda clan.