A fuedal Japanese clan founded by Kuniuji Imagawa. After the death of Yoshimoto at the battle of Okehazama in 1560, many Imagawa officers defected to other clans. Within a decade the clan had lost all of its land holdings to the Tokugawa and Takeda clans. The Imagawa subsequently became the master of ceremonies for the Tokugawa. Battle of Okehazama took place in 1560. ... The Tokugawa shogunate or Tokugawa bakufu (徳川幕府) (also known as the Edo bakufu) was a feudal military dictatorship of Japan established in 1603 by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family until 1868. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Takechiyo was abducted and confined to Owari's Kowatari Castle.
With the Imagawa land completely absorbed within the Tokugawa sphere of influence, the Imagawaclan became vassals of the Tokugawa, with the Uesugi as strong allies to the Tokugawa.
Ieyasu knew, however, that the Kobayakawa clan, led by Kobayakawa Hideaki, were planning to defect from the Ishida side, and that the Mori clan intended to remain neutral.
ImagawaYoshimoto (今川 義元; ImagawaYoshimoto, 1519-1560) was one of the leading daimyo ("great name," meaning warlord in this case) in Suruga along the Tokaido region, Japan.
Later, Imagawa established a three-way alliance with Takeda and Hojo, and set out toward the capital with Matsudaira Motoyasu of Mikawa.
ImagawaYoshimoto is also a playable character in SWXL.