Battle of Okitanawate
1584 CE.
Shown on the map at 32.802°, 130.364°.
The Battle of Okitanawate (沖田畷の戦い), also known as the Battle of Shimabara, was fought on May 3 of 1584, the Arima–Shimazu alliance defeated the Ryūzōji with Portuguese military support, including firearms, mortars, and a Portuguese fusta commanded by Captain Ambrósio Fernandes. The intervention was organised locally through the Jesuit mission and Portuguese merchants. Ryūzōji Takanobu was attacking a number of independent clans close to his territories. In 1582 he attacked the Arima clan and Arima Harunobu decided to ask the help of Shimazu Yoshihisa. Yoshihisa sent an army in December of that year but not much progress was made until 1584. When the army was reorganized and commanded by the able Shimazu Iehisa, younger brother of Yoshihisa, the allies put Shimabara under siege and Takanobu marched to relieve the castle with his main army. On May 3 the Shimazu-Arima army entrenched on a hill in front of Shimabara and received the attack of the Ryūzōji who were well armed with muskets, including high calibre ones.
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