1. Imagawa Yoshimoto was a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period.
14 Facts About Imagawa Yoshimoto
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Imagawa Yoshimoto was killed in the village of Dengakuhazama in Okehazama by Oda Nobunaga.
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Imagawa Yoshimoto's family branched from Minamoto clan by the Ashikaga clan.
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In 1542, Imagawa Yoshimoto began his advance into Mikawa Province, in an effort to fight the growing influence of Oda Nobuhide in that region, but was defeated in the 1542 Battle of Azukizaka.
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Later in 1548, Imagawa Yoshimoto defeated Nobuhide in the Second Battle of Azukizaka and continued to expand his territory until 1560.
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In campaigns over the course of the ensuing decades, Imagawa Yoshimoto wrested control over the Suruga, Totomi, and Mikawa provinces.
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In 1554, the Imagawa Yoshimoto clan came to the west and built the Muraki Castle in the southeast of Owari, besieging Mizuno Nobumoto in his castle of Ogawa, who defected from the Imagawa Yoshimoto in favor of an alliance with Oda Nobunaga.
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In 1558, Imagawa Yoshimoto sent Matsudaira Motoyasu to attack Terabe Castle, but were driven off by reinforcements sent by Oda Nobunaga.
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Later, Imagawa Yoshimoto left the clan's political affairs in Ujizane's hands, in order to focus on dealing with the advance westward into Mikawa and Owari.
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Ujizane succeeded to family headship after Yoshimoto's death, but the Imagawa clan fell from power.
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Imagawa Yoshimoto's niece was Lady Tsukiyama, the wife of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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Imagawa Yoshimoto has several graves; his body itself is buried at Daisei-ji, a temple in the city of Toyokawa in modern Aichi Prefecture.
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Imagawa Yoshimoto is a playable character in Pokemon Conquest, with his partner Pokemon being Pineco and Forretress.
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Imagawa Yoshimoto's weapon is a kemari which is inspired by his son, Ujizane's historical obsession towards kemari.