The Battle of Matsukawa is said to be the battle where Shigenaga HONJO and Nagayoshi SUDA under the command of Kagekatsu UESUGI fought against Masamune DATE in the central area of the present Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture on April 26, 1601, according to "Kaisei Mikawago Fudoki (Foundation of the Tokugawa clan)" (Vol. 42: The battle between Uesugi and Date), "Jozenkidan (a collection of anecdotes compiled in the Edo period)" (Vol. 16: The Battle of Matsukawa between Date and Uesugi in Mutsu Province with the episode of Zenzaemon NAGAI and Sanai OKA), "Togoku Taiheiki (the battle chronicle on the eastern Japan)" (Vol. 15: Attack to the Fukushima-jo Castle by Masamune in the Battle of Matsukawa), "Aizujin Monogatari (stories on the Battle in Aizu)" (Vol. 4: Attack to the Fukushima-jo Castle by Masamune in the Battle of Matsukawa and the episode of Oiinosuke SUDA cutting off the camp enclosure during the Battle of Abukuma-gawa River against Masamune).
松川の戦い（まつかわのたたかい）は、『改正三河後風土記』（第42巻：上杉・伊達合戦の事）、『常山紀談』（巻之16：伊達上杉陸奥国松川合戦の事　附永井善左衛門　岡左内が事）、『東国太平記』（巻第15：松川合戦政宗福島ノ城ヲ攻ムル事）、『会津陣物語』（第4巻：松川合戦に政宗、福島城を攻める事、井せて須田大炊介、政宗と逢隈川合戦（陣幕を切り取る）事）によれば、慶長6年（1601年）4月26日に、現在の福島県福島市の中心部で伊達政宗と上杉景勝麾下の本庄繁長・須田長義が戦った合戦だとされる。