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The Battle of Yamazaki was fought in 1582 in Yamazaki, Japan.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi crushed Akechi Mitsuhide, the assassin of Oda Nobunaga, at Yamazaki. Mitsuhide had hoped to take Nobunaga's place, but with his defeat, Nobunaga's authority went to Hideyoshi.
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