 This battle was one of a number of battles that took place during the Summer Campaign of the Siege of Osaka that led up to the fall of Osaka to the forces of Tokugawa and the death of Toyotomi Hideyori.A vanguard force ahead of the Osaka Army was commanded by Gotō Mototsugu.He had with him a force of 2,800 samurai and his mission was to guard against the arrival of elements of The Eastern Army.