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Ikeda Tsuneoki
池田恒興
“Shōnyū”
1536–1584 (aged 49)
- Rank / office
- Governor of Kii
- Domain / base
- Settsu → Ōgaki, Mino
- Banner / crest
- Swallowtail butterfly
- Battles in 3D
- 2 battles
Portrait · Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
The son of Nobunaga's wet nurse, raised as his foster brother, who rose to be a senior Oda commander. After Honnō-ji he helped Hideyoshi at Yamazaki and carried weight as one of the elders at the Kiyosu conference. At Komaki and Nagakute he commanded the detached force sent against Mikawa, but the Tokugawa struck his flank and rear and he was killed together with his son-in-law Mori Nagayoshi. He had shaved his head and taken the name Shōnyū.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1582Tenshō 10
Yamazaki and the Kiyosu Conference
Sided with Hideyoshi against Mitsuhide and joined the ranks of the Oda elders.
Battle of Yamazaki 4,000 troops Watch in 3D › Advanced secretly along the Yodo River, crossed the Enmyō-ji River and shattered the Akechi left wing: the move that decided the battle. - 1584Tenshō 12
Komaki and Nagakute
Led the detached force against Mikawa but was killed by the Tokugawa.
Battle of Komaki and Nagakute Commander-in-chief 6,000 troops Watch in 3D › The veteran who proposed and led the detached force. He was attacking Iwasaki Castle when the news from Nagakute made him turn back; he collided with Ieyasu's main force and was killed.
