Battle of Sendaigawa

• Niiro Tadamoto (under the command of Shimazu Yoshihisa) (5,000) vs. Toyotomi Hideyoshi (170,000)
  • Date: 6 June, 1587
  • Location: Satsuma province

This was the last engagement in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Kyushu Campaign and was highlighted by a suicidal Shimazu charge and a one-on-one duel between Niiro Tadamoto and Kato Kiyomasa. Kato won but spared Niiro's life.

Kyûshû Campaign Takajô - Hetsugigawa – Ganjaku – Akizuki – Sendaigawa – Kagoshima

References

• Initial text from Samurai-Archives.com FWSeal & CEWest, 2005