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**''Date: [[1614]]''

**''Date: [[1614]]''

The 1614 battle of the Kizugawa was one of a number of battles making up the [[siege of Osaka]] [[Osaka Winter Campaign|Winter Campaign]], in which the Tokugawa shogunate destroyed the Toyotomi clan, the last major opposition to its control of Japan.

 

The 1614 battle of the Kizugawa was one of a number of battles making up the [[Osaka Winter Campaign|Winter Campaign]] of the [[Osaka Campaign|siege of Osaka]], in which the Tokugawa shogunate destroyed the Toyotomi clan, the last major opposition to its control of Japan.

A fortress loyal to the Toyotomi controlled a section of the [[Kizu River]] (Kizugawa) near [[Osaka]]. After a shogunal reconnaissance mission, a pair of amphibious assaults were launched to seize it. [[Ishikawa Tadafusa]] led 2300 men across the river on boats from the west while other groups under the command of [[Hachisuka Yoshishige]] attacked from the south and east.

A fortress loyal to the Toyotomi controlled a section of the [[Kizu River]] (Kizugawa) near [[Osaka]]. After a shogunal reconnaissance mission, a pair of amphibious assaults were launched to seize it. [[Ishikawa Tadafusa]] led 2300 men across the river on boats from the west while other groups under the command of [[Hachisuka Yoshishige]] attacked from the south and east.

The assaults were successful, and the fortress fell to the Tokugawa forces.

The assaults were successful, and the fortress fell to the Tokugawa forces.

==References==

==References==

*Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co. p255.

*Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co. p255.

[[Category:Battles]]

[[Category:Battles|Kizugawa]][[Category:Sengoku Period|Kizugawa]]