Less than two weeks before Okehazama, Nobunaga and his army invaded Mikawa to fight the Imagawa. The was nothing more than a skirmish with Nobunaga setting fires to the surrounding areas. Reality it was guerilla warfare used by Nobunaga. He did not have the numbers,, nor the resources to fight the Imagawa head on. What is important is that Nobunaga knew the Imagawa was going to launch a full scale attack on Owari, sooner, not later. This was the smoking gun. Mikawa Kira is the area Nobunaga and his army fought at. Nearly the same area where Nobunaga's first baptism of fire took place in 1547.
As for resources, there is not that much. The main source is the Okazaki Koki and Okada Masahito's Oda Nobunaga Sogo Jiten. In Okaka's book, the battle is only mentioned briefly and for good reason, it was short. There is no mention on who participated on both sides with the exception of Nobunaga. To this date, there are still a lot of unknowns. For example, how many soldiers on both sides participated, the weapons used, and the dead and wounded.
Nobunaga no tame!
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