Battle of Imizuとは 意味・読み方・使い方

The Battle of Imizu (射水の戦い, Imizu no tatakai^?) was fought during Japan's Sengoku Period between two rival daimyo, Jinbo Nagamoto and Shiina Yasutane, in Etchū province during the third month of 1554. Nagamoto and Yasutane had been at odds for years, skirmishing numerous times with no clear winner. This particular battle came about by a particularly aggressive move by Nagamoto, when he moved over 8,000 soldiers into the Imizu district of Etchū. The Shiina clan not only had ancestral roots in Imizu district, but Shiina Yasutane's cousin, Shiina Tanehiro held a fortress on the outskirts of Oshima village, which guarded a pass that was heavily used for trade and politics in Shiina lands, in particular building materials and salt. If the Jinbo were able to bring down Tanehiro's fortress, they would gain control of an important trade highway, and possibly put the Shiina in an economic stranglehold. Tanehiro dispatched his brother Shiina Yasuhiro to Yasutane to request immediate assistance. Because of the immediate danger, Yasutane readily agreed, and dispatched his army.