Hideyoshi Avenges Nobunaga at Yamazaki

1582

Thirteen days after Nobunaga's death at Honno-ji, his general Toyotomi Hideyoshi forced-marched his army back from the siege of Takamatsu and crushed the traitor Akechi Mitsuhide at the battle of Yamazaki. Mitsuhide was killed by peasants while fleeing. Hideyoshi, once a lowly foot soldier, was now Japan's most powerful man.