tenno-zan

Updated: May 18, 2025

He accepted Hideyoshi's challenge, and, on the 12th of June, a great battle was fought, the issue of which was decided by two things; first, the defection of Tsutsui Junkei, who refrained from striking until the superior strength of Hideyoshi had been manifested, and secondly, the able strategy of Hideyoshi, who anticipated Mitsuhide's attempt to occupy the position of Tenno-zan, which commanded the field.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era