A monument erected on the site of the Battle of Suriagehara, in which Date Masamune defeated Ashina Yoshihiro in June 1589 (Tensho 17). Suriagehara is a plain on the northern shore of Lake Inawashiro at the foot of Mount Bandai, where tens of thousands of troops on both sides clashed. The Date forces overwhelmed the Ashina army through tactics employing firearms, and Ashina Yoshihiro fled to the S…

In June 1589, the plain of Suriagehara, stretching along the northern shore of Lake Inawashiro at the foot of Mount Bandai, became the site of the decisive Battle of Suriagehara between Date Masamune and Ashina Yoshihiro. The two armies, said to have numbered tens of thousands in total, clashed in a…