The of 1567 was the final battle in Oda Nobunaga 's campaign to defeat the Saitō clan in their mountaintop castle and conquer Mino Province , Japan .

This victory was the culmination of Nobunaga 's Mino campaign Military_operation , waged intermittently over the previous six years , and brought Bringing an end to a rivalry between the Oda clan of Owari Province and the Saitō clan of Mino , which began Process_start over twenty years earlier between Nobunaga 's father , Oda Nobuhide and Saitō Dōsan .

This victory was the culmination of Nobunaga 's Mino campaign Military_operation , waged intermittently over the previous six years , and brought Bringing an end to a rivalry between the Oda clan of Owari Province and the Saitō clan of Mino , which began Process_start over twenty years earlier between Nobunaga 's father , Oda Nobuhide and Saitō Dōsan .

With this victory , Nobunaga took control Control of the expansive and fertile Mino Province and gained numerous supporters and resources .

He found Know Taira no Tomomori and his army directly opposite from his , along the Sunomata River , near the borders of Owari and Mino provinces .