Glossary: Suriagehara no Kassen

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Suriagehara no Kassen (摺上原の合戦)
1589

A battle fought between Date Masamune and Ashina Yoshihiro on June 5, 1589 in which Date Masamune defeated the Ashina Clan in one of the bloodiest battles of the Sengoku in northern Japan. Around 2300 of the Ashina were killed, many of them drowned when they tried to cross the Nitsubashi River after the Date forces had destroyed the bridge.