Battle of Inō

The Battle of Inō was a battle fought during the Sengoku period (16th century) of Japan. The battle was fought in Owari Province, in what is now Nishi-ku, Nagoya, between two forces of the Oda clan: the head of the clan Oda Nobunaga and his brother Oda Nobuyuki, who with the support of Oda Nobuyasu, Shibata Katsuie and Hayashi Hidesada, rebelled against Nobunaga.[1]

Battle of Inō

Inōgahara Battlefield in Nagoya, Aichi.
DateSeptember 27, 1556 (Kōji era)
Location
Nagoya, Owari Province, Japan
35°12′21.9″N 136°53′25.8″E
Result Oda Nobunaga victory
Belligerents
forces of Oda Nobunaga forces of Oda Nobuyuki
Commanders and leaders
Oda Nobunaga
Maeda Toshiie
Oda Shōsaemon
Oda Nobufusa
Mori Yoshinari
Sakuma Morishige
Sakuma Nobumori
Sassa Magosuke †
Niwa Nagahide		 Oda Nobuyuki
Oda Nobuyasu
Hayashi Hidesada
Hayashi Mimasaka †
Shibata Katsuie
Strength
700 1,700
Casualties and losses
unknown more than 450
Battle of Inō is located in Aichi Prefecture
Battle of Inō
Location within Aichi Prefecture
Battle of Inō is located in Japan
Battle of Inō
Battle of Inō (Japan)

The three conspirators were defeated at the Battle of Inō, but they were pardoned after the intervention of Tsuchida Gozen, the birth mother of both Nobunaga and Nobuyuki.

Nobuyuki began his second rebellion in 1557, but was defeated and his Suemori Castle was destroyed by Nobunaga's retainer Ikeda Nobuteru.[2]

In 1558, however, Nobuyuki again planned to rebel. When Nobunaga was informed of this by Shibata Katsuie, he faked illness to get close to Nobuyuki and assassinated him in Kiyosu Castle.[1]

References
  1. Ōta, Gyūichi (2011). The chronicle of Lord Nobunaga. J. S. A. Elisonas, Jeroen Pieter Lamers. Leiden: Brill. pp. 72–93. ISBN 978-90-04-20456-0. OCLC 743693801.
  2. Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. Cassell & Co. p. 69. ISBN 1854095234.
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