INTERACTIVE BATTLE
Battle of Suriagehara
June 1589 · Suriagehara
Date Masamune defeated the forces of Ashina Yoshihiro at Suriagehara and subsequently entered Kurokawa Castle, taking control of Aizu.
Course of the battle
1 June 1589
Date forces advance toward Aizu
Date Masamune advanced toward Aizu across the routes linking Yonezawa and Aizu. The Ashina retainers were divided after an adopted succession, while the Satake also had to guard their position in Hitachi.
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2 June 1589
The armies clash at Suriagehara
Date forces fought the Ashina-Satake side led by Ashina Yoshihiro at Suriagehara and won. Exact deployments, troop totals, wind conditions, and individual defections remain uncertain.
Points of debate
Troop totals, deployments, wind, and defections are disputed.
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3 After the battle
Yoshihiro withdraws from Aizu
Defeated, Ashina Yoshihiro left Kurokawa Castle for Hitachi and Masamune entered Aizu. Date control of Aizu was overturned by the Toyotomi settlement of 1590.
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Other events of 1589
Sources consulted
- 福島県「中世」
- 福島県「大峠道路の歴史」
- 福島県「県のすがた 中世」
- 猪苗代町「猪苗代城址と鶴峰城址（亀ヶ城公園）」
- 磐梯町「まちの歴史」
The numbers in the text refer to the list above. Certainty indicates how far a statement is supported by the cited sources; it does not refer to the precision of the coordinates or the dating.
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