Battle of Hakone Takenoshita - Battle of Hakone Takenoshita

Japanese: 箱根竹ノ下の戦 - はこねたけのしたのたたかい

A battle between Ashikaga brothers Takauji and Tadayoshi and the forces of Nitta Yoshisada, who supported the Kenmu government, took place in the Hakone-Ashigara area in December 1335 (Kenmu 2). It was one of the main early battles of the Northern and Southern Courts civil war. In November of the same year, Takauji and Tadayoshi openly rebelled against the Kenmu government, so Emperor Godaigo ordered Yoshisada to pursue and kill Takauji and his men. Yoshisada led the government army eastward, defeating the Ashikaga side in Mikawa, and then defeating Tadayoshi at Tegoe-gawara in Suruga. Tadayoshi retreated and set up camp at Mizunomi in Hakone (near the mountains of Mishima City). Upon hearing of Tadayoshi's defeat, Takauji left Kamakura and, on December 11, took a detour along the Takenoshita Road and arrived at Misaka in Ashigara. There, he defeated a detachment of Yoshisada's army that was camped south of Ashigara Shrine, causing the main force of Yoshisada's army, which had been attacking Tadayoshi's forces at Mizunomi, to retreat.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1335年(建武2)12月，箱根･足柄一帯で行われた，足利尊氏･直義兄弟と建武政権方の新田義貞軍との合戦。南北朝内乱のおもな序盤戦の一つ。同年11月尊氏･直義兄弟は建武政権に公然とそむいたので，後醍醐天皇は義貞に尊氏らの追討を命じた。義貞は官軍を率いて東下し，足利方を三河に破り，さらに直義を駿河の手越河原に破った。直義は退いて箱根の水飲（みずのみ）(三島市山中付近)に陣した。直義の敗退を聞いた尊氏は鎌倉を発し，12月11日竹ノ下道を迂回して足柄の御坂（みさか）にいたり，足柄明神の南に陣した義貞軍の支隊を大いに破ったので，水飲の直義軍を攻めていた義貞軍の主力も退いた。

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