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Battle of Funaokazaki

Type Event Region Japan Time 1511

A decisive battle fought at Funaoyama in Yamashiro Province (present-day Kita Ward, Kyoto;…

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  1. 1511Kyoto · Yamashiro ProvinceHosokawa Sumimoto, leading Kinai forces including Masafusa and Harumoto, recaptured Kyoto, forcing Ashikaga Yoshitane, Hosokawa Takakuni, and Ōuchi Yoshitaka to retreat to Tamba to gather strength. Sumimoto's side, numbering some six thousand men, entrenched at Funaoyama, controlling the key road from Tamba to Kyoto.
  2. 1511Funaoyama, Yamashiro Province · Yamashiro ProvinceTakakuni and Yoshitaka led an allied force of over twenty thousand out from Kitayama in a night attack on Sumimoto's position at Funaoyama. Outnumbered and with Akamatsu Yoshimura's reinforcements blocked at Itami, Masafusa was killed in battle, Sumimoto's army was routed, and Sumimoto fled to Awa, returning Kyoto to the control of Yoshitane and Takakuni.

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