For that reason, this article includes both: the outline and details of "the Battle of Matsukawa" on April 26, 1601 which was mentioned in "Nihon Gaishi (history book on Japan)" written by Sanyo RAI and circulated up to the end of the Edo period, and the outline of "the Battle of Miyashiro Omote" on 6th in 1605 which was recorded in "Date chika kiroku (historical record of the Sendai clan)" and in the documents on the Date family.
このため、頼山陽の『日本外史』を含めて幕末期まで流布した慶長6年4月26日の「松川合戦」の内容と経緯と、『伊達治家記録』や伊達家文書が記録する慶長10年6日の「宮代表合戦」の内容を併記する。