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Battle of Hitotoribashi Bridge (Fukushima Prefecture)

Following an incident in which Hatakeyama Yoshitsugu, the lord of Nihonmatsu Castle, kidnapped Date Masamune's father, Terumune, and both died on the way, a battle broke out between the Date clan and an allied army of southern Oshu daimyo, including the Satake and Ashina clans, near Hitotori Bridge in Motomiya, Adachi County (present-day Aota Moniwa, Motomiya City, Fukushima Prefecture) on November 17, 1586 (Gregorian calendar: January 6, 1586).

commonly the "Battle of Hitotoribashi ," the Date army (7,000) outnumbered the allied forces (30,000) by more than four times, 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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