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Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
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Battle of Yamazaki
1582 battle between the forces of Akechi Mitsuhide and Toyotomi Hideyoshi
The Battle of Yamazaki was fought in 1582 in Yamazaki, Japan, located in current-day Kyoto Prefecture. This battle is sometimes referred to as the Battle of Mt. Tennō.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Japanese samurai and daimyo (1537–1598)
Toyotomi Hideyoshi , otherwise known as Kinoshita Tōkichirō and Hashiba Hideyoshi , was a Japanese samurai and daimyō of the late Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan. Although he came from a peasant background, his immense…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Akechi Mitsuhide
16th-century samurai; assassin of Oda Nobunaga (1528–1582)
Akechi Mitsuhide , first called Jūbei from his clan and later Koretō Hyūga no Kami (惟任日向守) from his title, was a Japanese samurai general of the Sengoku period. Mitsuhide was originally a bodyguard of the last Ashikaga shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiaki and later, one of the trusted…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)