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{{Short description|1558 battle in feudal Japan}}
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|partof=the [[Sengoku period]]
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|date=May&ndash;June 1558
|place= Terabe Castle
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|result=[[Oda clan|Oda]] victory
|combatant1=[[Matsudaira clan]]<br>forces of [[Imagawa Yoshimoto]]
|combatant2=[[Ogasawara clan]]<br>forces of [[Oda Nobunaga]]
|commander1=[[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Matsudaira Motoyasu]]<br>[[Sakai Tadatsugu]]<br>[[Ishikawa Kazumasa]]<br>[[Koriki Kiyonaga]]
|commander2=[[Suzuki Shigeteru]](or {{ill|Suzuki Shigetatsu|jp|鈴木重辰 (日向守)|vertical-align=sup}})
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{{Campaignbox Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga}}
{{Campaignbox Campaigns of Tokugawa Ieyasu}}

The '''siege of Terabe Castle''' took place in 1558 in [[feudal Japan]]. Terabe Castle was a possession of the [[Ogasawara clan]] of [[Mikawa Province]]. The Siege of Terabe Castle was Matsudaira Motoyasu's first battle, who would later change his name to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]].

== History ==
The castle was built on the north shore of [[Mikawa Bay]], in what is now called [[Hazu, Aichi|Hazu]], in the city of [[Nishio, Aichi|Nishio]], [[Aichi Prefecture]].
In 1558, Suzuki Shigeteru(or Suzuki Shigetatsu), lord of Terabe Castle, defected from the Imagawa in favor of an alliance with [[Oda Nobunaga]]. The Imagawa responded by sending an army under the command of [[Matsudaira Motoyasu]], a young vassal of [[Imagawa Yoshimoto]] which would later be known as the [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. Terabe Castle was the first of a series of battles waged against the [[Oda clan]].

According to the records of ''Mikawa Monogatari'' written by [[Ōkubo Tadachika]] and ''Tokugawa Jikki'' chronicle, Ieyasu implemented [[scorched earth]] strategy in this battle where he stormed the castle parts of ''Ninomaru'' (officials living quarters of japanese castles), and ''Sannomaru'' (barracks building of japanese castles), then retreated before the enemy reinforcements from another castles came in. It was said the senior vassals of Ieyasu cried in joy during this battle as they witnessed Ieyasu personal bravery on the battlefield and comparing his feat with his grandfather, [[Matsudaira Kiyoyasu]].<ref>{{cite web |author1=Tomoyuki Mayama (真山知幸) |title=大河で描かれぬ徳川家康｢17歳､初陣｣から凄かった 今川義元を満足させた､したたかな戦いぶり |url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/645286?page=2 |website=Toyokeizai online |publisher=Toyo Keizai Inc. |access-date=15 June 2024 |page=2 |language=Ja |date=2023}}</ref> Ieyasu was said fought in close combat while riding his horse.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Stephen Turnbull |author1-link=Stephen Turnbull (historian) |title=Tokugawa Ieyasu |date=2012 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1849085755 |page=14 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gT23CwAAQBAJ |access-date=15 June 2024 |language=En}}</ref>

Motoyasu's forces attacked Terabe Castle, but were driven off by reinforcements sent by Oda Nobunaga.<ref name=Turnbull2>{{Cite book |last=Turnbull |first=Stephen |title=The Samurai Sourcebook |publisher=Cassell & Co. |year=1998 |isbn=1854095234 |page=215}}</ref> Motoyasu then continued his campaign against other Oda clan possessions.

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[[Category:1558 in Japan]]
[[Category:Sieges of the Sengoku period]]
[[Category:Military history of Aichi Prefecture]]
[[Category:Attacks on castles in Japan]]
[[Category:Mikawa Province]]
[[Category:Nishio, Aichi]]
[[Category:Conflicts in 1558]]

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