Sengoku Japan
1553–1615
Sengoku Japan (1553–1615). You start as Ashigaru and could rise all the way to Lord of a castle, if you survive. This era covers 46 historical battles.
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- Ashigaru
- Ashigaru squad leader
- Mounted samurai
- Ashigaru captain
- Samurai commander
- General
- Lord of a castle
Historical battles
| Year | Battle | Est. casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 1553 | First Battle of KawanakajimaTakeda and Uesugi face each other for the first time; after skirmishes both withdraw. | ≈3% |
| 1555 | Battle of ItsukushimaMōri Motonari, badly outnumbered, ambushes Sue Harukata's army on Itsukushima. | ≈3% |
| 1555 | Second Battle of KawanakajimaA standoff across the Sai River for over two hundred days, ended by Imagawa Yoshimoto's mediation. | ≈4% |
| 1557 | Third Battle of KawanakajimaSmall clashes around Uenohara. | ≈3% |
| 1557 | Conquest of Suō and NagatoThe Mōri destroy the Ōuchi and take Suō and Nagato. | ≈4% |
| 1560 | Battle of OkehazamaImagawa Yoshimoto marches west with a great army and is killed in a surprise attack by Oda Nobunaga at Okehazama. | ≈12% |
| 1561 | Siege of OdawaraNagao Kagetora leads the Kantō lords against Odawara; the Hōjō refuse to come out. | ≈4% |
| 1561 | Fourth Battle of KawanakajimaSavage fighting on the Hachimanbara plain. Takeda Nobushige and Yamamoto Kansuke fall; both sides suffer terrible losses. | ≈22% |
| 1562 | Mino campaignThe Oda keep eating away at the Saitō lands in Mino. | ≈4% |
| 1564 | Second Battle of KōnodaiHōjō Ujiyasu crushes Satomi Yoshihiro. | ≈6% |
| 1564 | Fifth Battle of KawanakajimaSixty days facing each other at Shiozaki, without a major battle. | ≈2% |
| 1566 | Siege of Gassan-TodaAfter a siege of a year and a half, Amago Yoshihisa surrenders his castle to the Mōri. | ≈5% |
| 1567 | Siege of InabayamaOda takes Inabayama Castle and renames it Gifu. | ≈5% |
| 1568 | Oda's march on KyotoNobunaga escorts Ashikaga Yoshiaki to the capital and storms Kannonji Castle. | ≈3% |
| 1568 | Invasion of SurugaTakeda and Tokugawa strike the Imagawa lands from east and west. | ≈10% |
| 1569 | Fall of Kakegawa CastleImagawa Ujizane opens the castle gates; the Imagawa are finished as a warlord house. | ≈8% |
| 1569 | Battle of MimasetōgeWithdrawing from Odawara, the Takeda turn on their Hōjō pursuers at Mimase Pass. | ≈12% |
| 1570 | Retreat from KanegasakiAzai Nagamasa betrays Nobunaga. Caught front and back, the Oda retreat, with Kinoshita Tōkichirō holding the rear. | ≈8% |
| 1570 | Battle of AnegawaThe Oda–Tokugawa alliance defeats the Azai and Asakura. | ≈5% |
| 1572 | Battle of MikatagaharaTokugawa Ieyasu is crushed by Takeda Shingen and flees back to Hamamatsu Castle. | ≈18% |
| 1573 | Ichijōdani and OdaniThe Oda destroy the Asakura and then the Azai. | ≈4% |
| 1574 | Nagashima Ikkō-ikkiThe Oda's third campaign against the warrior monks of Nagashima is brutal beyond words. | ≈8% |
| 1575 | Battle of NagashinoBehind palisades, Oda and Tokugawa gunners cut down the Takeda charge. Many Takeda veterans die. | ≈38% |
| 1576 | Battle of TennōjiFighting around the Ishiyama Hongan-ji; Nobunaga is wounded at the front. | ≈6% |
| 1577 | Battle of TedorigawaUesugi Kenshin attacks the Oda army at night as it crosses the river; many drown in the Tedori. | ≈14% |
| 1578 | Siege of KōzukiA huge Mōri army surrounds Kōzuki Castle and wipes out the Amago restoration force. | ≈6% |
| 1578 | Second Battle of KizugawaguchiOda's iron-clad ships defeat the Mōri navy. | ≈10% |
| 1580 | Fall of Miki CastleHashiba Hideyoshi starves out Miki Castle over nearly two years. | ≈5% |
| 1581 | Siege of TottoriThe castle runs out of food; the defenders starve in great numbers. | ≈15% |
| 1581 | Second Siege of TakatenjinThe garrison dies breaking out. Takeda Katsuyori's prestige collapses. | ≈30% |
| 1582 | Conquest of KaiThe Oda army overwhelms Kai. Takeda Katsuyori takes his own life at Mount Tenmoku, and the Takeda are destroyed. | ≈30% |
| 1582 | Siege of TakamatsuHashiba Hideyoshi builds a dike and floods the castle. | ≈3% |
| 1582 | Battle of YamazakiAfter his forced march back from the west, Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide below Mount Tennō. | ≈22% |
| 1582 | Tenshō-Jingo WarThe old Takeda lands are leaderless; Tokugawa, Hōjō and Uesugi fight over them. | ≈5% |
| 1583 | Battle of ShizugatakeHideyoshi defeats Shibata Katsuie, and the "Seven Spears of Shizugatake" become famous. | ≈25% |
| 1584 | Komaki and NagakuteIkeda Tsuneoki and Mori Nagayoshi die at Nagakute; the two sides finally make peace. | ≈8% |
| 1585 | First Siege of UedaSanada Masayuki drives off seven thousand Tokugawa troops with two thousand. | ≈13% |
| 1585 | Invasion of ShikokuChōsokabe Motochika surrenders. | ≈3% |
| 1587 | Kyūshū campaignAn army of two hundred thousand forces the Shimazu to submit. | ≈4% |
| 1590 | Siege of OdawaraThe Toyotomi army besieges Odawara for three months. The Hōjō fall and Japan is united. | ≈6% |
| 1592 | Bunroku campaignThe army crosses the sea to Korea. Frostbite, disease and hunger kill even more than battle. | ≈20% |
| 1597 | Keichō campaignBack across the sea. At the siege of Ulsan the garrison runs out of food and water. | ≈15% |
| 1600 | Battle of SekigaharaEast and West meet at Sekigahara. Kobayakawa Hideaki switches sides, and the Western Army collapses in half a day. | ≈25% |
| 1600 | Siege of HasedōNaoe Kanetsugu invades Mogami lands, then retreats when news of Sekigahara arrives. | ≈8% |
| 1614 | Winter Siege of OsakaThe Tokugawa lose heavily at the Sanada-maru; both sides agree to a temporary peace. | ≈7% |
| 1615 | Summer Siege of OsakaOsaka Castle falls, and the Toyotomi line comes to an end. | ≈45% |
Casualty rates are the game's estimates from historical sources, used to work out the chance of dying. Treat them as approximate.
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