 He had planned to occupy the high ground provided by the slopes of Komatsuyama and prevent the enemy from freely entering the flat plains of Osaka that exist once past Komatsu-yama.On 3 June Gotō Mototsugu and his forces were at Dōmyōji, a low-lying section of land north of Komatsu-yama on the opposite side of the Ishikawa river which is a tributary of the Yamato-gawa river.In order to take their positions on Komatsu-yama they would have to ford the Ishikawa river, as they were doing so scouts reported that the Eastern Army had exited the pass through the range and were moving up the southern slopes of Komatsu-yama.