What is Battle of Nagashino?
{{Infobox military conflict |conflict=Battle of Nagashino |partof=the [[Sengoku period]] |image= Estampe-p1000685.jpg |caption= ''General launching his troops to attack the castle of Nagashino in 1575'', by [[Tsukioka Yoshitoshi]] |date=June 28, 1575 |place=Nagashino, [[Mikawa Province]], [[Japan]] |result=Siege fails; [[Oda clan|Oda]]-[[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] victory |combatant1= Takeda forces |combatant2= Combined forces of Oda and Tokugawa |commander1= [[Takeda Katsuyori]], [[Anayama Nobukimi]], [[Takeda Nobukado]], [[Takeda Nobutoyo]] |commander2= [[Oda Nobunaga]], [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], [[Okudaira Sadamasa]] |strength1= 15,000 |strength2= 38,000 |casualties1= Between 3,000 and 10,000 dead, incl. 54 samurai leaders<br>[[Takeda Nobuzane]]<br>[[Baba Nobufusa]]<br>[[Yamagata Masakage]]<br>[[Naito Masatoyo]]<br>[[Hara Masatane]]<br>[[Sanada Nobutsuna]]<br>[[Sanada Masateru]]<br>[[Kasai Mitsuhide]]<br>[[Wada Narishige]]<br>[[Yonekura Shigetsugu]] |casualties2= 6,000<br>[[Matsudaira Koretada]] }} The '''{{Nihongo|Battle of Nagashino|長篠の戦い|Nagashino no Tatakai}}''' was an armed conflict in [[1575]]. The battle took place near [[Nagashino Castle]] (長篠城) on the plain of Shitaragahara (設楽原) in the [[Mikawa province]] (三河) of [[Japan]]. ==Nagashino Castle== Forces under [[Takeda Katsuyori]] (武田勝頼) attacked the castle. The Takeda attacked the [[Japanese castle|castle]], because it threatened supply lines.<ref>[[Stephen Turnbull|Turnbull, Stephen R.]] (2000). [https://books.google.com/books?id=xFaCvUTWEI0C&pg=PA34 ''Nagashino 1575: Slaughter at the Barricades,'' p. 34]{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref> [[Okudaira Sadamasa]] (奥平貞昌) commanded the 500 defenders of the castle. The defenders had 200 matchlocks and at least once [[cannon]].<ref>Turnbull, [https://www.otonotani.com/%e9%95%b7%e7%af%a0%e3%81%ae%e6%88%a6%e3%81%84%ef%bc%9a%e9%89%84%e7%a0%b2%e3%81%8c%e3%82%82%e3%81%9f%e3%82%89%e3%81%97%e3%81%9f%e6%88%a6%e5%9b%bd%e6%99%82%e4%bb%a3%e3%81%ae%e8%bb%a2%e6%8f%9b%e7%82