Anegawa Poll

Thanks for everyone who voted on the Anegawa Poll. There were 12 yes and 3 no. I believe that the Battle of Anegawa is Nobunaga's forgotten war. When one discusses Nobunaga's battle history, often it starts with the Unification of Owari, Okehazama, Conquering Mino, March to Kyoto, The Defeat of the Azai/Asakura, The Banishment of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Nagashino, The Ikko-Ikki, and the Honnoji. Anegawa is only briefly mentioned and that is unfortunate.

The Battle of Anegawa was important for several reasons. The Oda/Tokugawa victory kept the Azai/Asakura at bay and still allowed Nobunaga a pass to Kyoto. If Nobunaga lost the battle, things would have turned messy. In fact, the Azai/Asakura gave Nobunaga a run for his money. Sure, the Shincho-Ko ki, Shinchoki, and the Mikawa Monogatari all have something written about the battle. I encourage people who can read Japanese to check them out themselves. As for a movie, the Nobunaga Taiga drama did have a great battle scene and well worth watching.

To those who are wondering, yes I have been to the Anegawa battlefield, Odani Castle ruins, and Ichijodani ruins. The Battle of Anegawa deserves the respect as one of the major conflicts during the Sengoku Era in my opinion. Links to the battle/books

http://www.asahi.com/travel/kosenjo/TKY200907080193.html

http://astore.amazon.co.jp/sengokuwalker-22/detail/4883251675

Tenka no tame!

Imagawa KIA

Here is list of the main Imagawa samurai who was killed in action at the Battle of Okehazama. I have translated the names by myself along with some help from others. Again, nothing is perfect.

Imagawa Yoshimoto's Main Army

Katsurayama Harima no Kami Nobusada (KIA)
Ino Buzen no Kami Noritsura (KIA)
Miura Yoshinori (KIA)
Matsui Zaemon no Suke Munenobu (KIA)
Ii Shinano no Kami Naomori (KIA)
Azai Koshiro Masatoshi (KIA)
Ema Sakyo no Suke (KIA)
Yui Mimasaka no Kami Masanobu (KIA)
Ishikawa Shinzaemon Yasumori (KIA)
Sekiguchi Etchu no Kami Chikamochi (KIA)
Saito Kamon no Suke Toshizumi (KIA)
Ihara Mimasaka no Kami Motomasa (KIA)
Ihara Ukon Tadaharu (KIA)
Ihara Shogen Tadaen (KIA)
Ihara Kojiro Tadayoshi (KIA)
Asahina Kasue no Kami Hidetoshi (KIA)
Saigo Danjo Masakatsu (KIA)
Saigo Toshikazu (KIA)
Takai Kurando Zanehiro (KIA)
Tominaga Hoki no Kami Ujishige (KIA)
Mure Yasutoshi (KIA)
Shinomiya Zaemon no Suke Mitsumasa (KIA)
Hasegawa Iga no Kami Motokazu (KIA)
Matsudaira Settsu no Kami Korenobu (KIA)
Kato Kagehide (KIA)
Shimada Sakyo Mochichika (KIA)
Sawada Nagato no Kami Tadayori (KIA)
Niwada Mitsunori (KIA)
Kanai Shume no Suke Tadamune (KIA)
Hirayama Sen no Jo Tameyuki (KIA)
Nagase Nagayuki (KIA)
Hirakawa Sahe Akihiro (KIA)
Fukudaira Shuzei Tadashige (KIA)
Kanbara Kunai Shoyu Ujimasa (KIA)
Kuno Hannai Ujitada (KIA)
Yoshida Musashi no Kami Ujiyoshi (KIA)
Katsurayama Awai no Kami Motokiyo (KIA)
Ejiri Minbu Chikayoshi (KIA)
Matsudaira Hyoe Chikamochi (KIA)
Izu Gonhei Mototoshi (KIA)
Okabe Kai no Kami Nagasada (KIA)
Fujieta Iga no Kami Ujiaki (KIA)
Okazaki Jubei Tadazane (KIA)
Muragaki Okura Yorikazu (KiA)
Ohase Gontafu Tadazane (KIA)
Gomi Saburoemon (KIA)
Ochiai Nagamon (KIA)
Onoe Hikotaro (KIA)
Suzuki Mondo no Suke Shigezumi (KIA)

Ii Naomori's Army

Ono Genba (KIA)
Tanaka Sensaburo (KIA)
Okuyama Hikoichiro (KIA)
Okuyama Tarojiro Chikahide (KIA)
Ono Gengo (KIA)
Ueno Hikoichiro (KiA)
Ueno Genuemon (KIA)
Taku Goemon (KIA)
Kiga Shouemon (KIA)
Mikuriya Matabe (KIA)
Ichimura Nobuyoshi (KIA)
Makino Ichiuemon (KIA)
Ueno Magoshiro (KIA)
Okuyama Hikogoro (KIA)
Hakamada Jinpachi (KIA)

Nobunaga no Tame!

Update Sources

Here is an update bibliography on the Battle of Okehazama. I highly recommend them if you want to fully understand the battle.

Kajino Wataru. Jimoto no Koro ga Kataru Okehazama Kassen Shimatsuki. K*H, 2007.

----------. Shinsetsu Okehazama Kassen. Nagoya-shi Kiyomizu Tochi Kukaku Seirikumaiai, 2010.

Kuwata Tadachika and Yamaoka Sohachi. Okehazama no Eki. Nihon no senshi. Tokyo: 1965.

Neilson, David D. "Society at War: Eyewitness Accounts of Sixteenth Century Japan." Ph.d. diss., University of Oregon, 2007.

Ota Gyuichi. The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga. Translated and Edited by J. S. A. Elisonas and J.P. Lamers. Leiden: Brill, 2011.

Owada Tetsuo. Imagawa Yoshimoto no Subete. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Oraisha, 1994.

----------. Rekishi Documento: Okehazama no Tatakai. Tokyo: Gakushu Kenkyusha, 2000.

----------. Imagawa Yoshimoto. Kyoto: Mineruboa Shobo, 2004.

Oze Hoan. Shinchoki. ed. Kangori Amane. 2vols. Koten Bunko 58 and 59 Tokyo: Gendai Shichosha, 1981.

Paterson, Les. Oda Nobunaga: The Battle of Okehazama. Jet Lag Press, 2008.

Rekishi Kaido "Okehazama no Nazo." June 2010.

Tenka no tame!