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Battle of Hitotoribashi Bridge (Fukushima Prefecture)

The incident in which Hatakeyama Yoshitsugu, lord of Nihonmatsu Castle, abducted Date Terumune, the father of Date Masamune, and both died along the way, triggered abetween the Date clanand a coalition army of southern Oshu daimyo, including the Satake and Ashina clans, near Hitotoribashi in the former Adachi District, Motomiya (present-day Moniwa, Aota, Motomiya City, Fukushima Prefecture).

commonlythe "Battle of Hitotoribashi," the Allied forces (30,000) faced the Date army (7,000), a difference of more than four times in troop strength, and the Date army was routed.

Masamune himself was hit by one arrow and five bullets in his armor, and the veteran Date general, Oniwa Sametsusai (Moniwa Sametsu), who served as the rear guard to allow everyone to escape, suffered a major defeat and was killed in battle

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