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As warriors sallied forth from the castles, the battle turned into a melee fought in the middle of the shallow river. For a time, Nobunaga's forces fought the Asai, while the Tokugawa warriors fought the Asakura a short distance upstream. For other meanings of the term, see melée (disambiguation). ...

After the Tokugawa forces finished off the Asakura, they then turned and hit the Asai right flank. Inaba Ittetsu, who had been held in reserve, then came forward and hit the Asai left flank. Many of the besiegers of Yokoyama even left their task to aid in the battle. The Asai and Asakura forces were soon defeated. The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...

It is perhaps interesting to note that Nobunaga made use of 500 arquebusiers in this battle. He was famous for his strategic use of firearms, but would find himself on the opposite end of skilled arquebus tactics in his siege of Ishiyama Honganji that year. Japanese arquebus of the Edo era (teppo) The arquebus (sometimes spelled harquebus, harkbus[1] or hackbut; possibly related to German Hakenbuechse or Dutch Haakbus) was a primitive firearm used in the 15th to 17th centuries. ... The Siege of the Ishiyama Honganji was the longest siege in Japanese history, lasting eleven years. ...

Meanwhie, no reliable source exist to reconstruct the battle. The battle of Anegawa is vividly presented in the books compiled in the middle or the end of the Edo period. Much of them are pure fiction. The only valuable source that is "Shinchokoki" describes it very briefly without any notes concerning tactics or details of the battle.

In popular culture

The battle has been featured in both games of the Samurai Warriors series. However, because Azai Nagamasa was made playable in Samurai Warriors 2, as opposed to the first game where he was a unique non-playable character, the battle had a larger significance. This article is about the video game. ... Samurai Warriors 2 (Sengoku Musou 2 in Japan) is a sequel to the original Samurai Warriors, created by Koei and Omega Force. ...

Reference

• Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.

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