Battle of Tennoji-guchi
The Battle of Tennoji(guchi) was fought on June 4, 1615. This would be the last battle of the Siege of Osaka and the final battle for Sanada Yukimura. Greatly outnumbered by Tokugawa forces, Yukimura's forces were eventually defeated. According to The Life of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu by A.L. Sadler, in his intense fight against the wavering Echizen troops, Yukimura was badly wounded and exhausted. Soldiers from the Echizen army quickly went to Sanada. Too tired to fight back, Yukimura allowed the men to kill him, reportedly saying, "I am Sanada Nobushige, no doubt an adversary quite worthy of you, but I am exhausted and can fight no longer. Go on, take my head as your trophy". A man by the name of Nishio Nizaemon chopped off Sanada’s head. His grave is now located in Osaka, marked by the Yasui Shrine located to the west of Shitennoji Temple.
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