The Christian Ōtomo army destroyed Buddhist and Shinto religious buildings along the way.

In the mean time, Shimazu Iehisa and Yamada Arinobu sallied from Takajo castle and attacked the Otomo army from the rear.

Shimazu Toshihisa was able to ambush some Ōtomo troops and pursuit the survivors to their headquarters at Matsuyama castle.

[1] Otomo's general, Tawara Chikataka fled while Tagita Shigekane, Saeki Karenori, Yoshioka Akioki, Tsunokuma Sekiso and Kamachi Akimori were killed in battle.

[1] According to Fabian Fucan, Shimazu used the battle to warn other daimyōs not to abandon the Buddhist religion.