Battle of Sezawa

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Battle of Sezawa
Part of the Sengoku period
Date March 9, 1542
Location Sezawa, Shinano Province
Result Takeda victory
Combatants
forces of Takeda Shingen combined forces of Shinano daimyō
Commanders
Takeda Shingen Ogasawara Nagatoki, Suwa Yorishige, Murakami Yoshikiyo, Kiso Yoshiyasu
Campaigns of the Takeda
Nashinokidaira - Un no Kuchi - Sezawa - Uehara - Kuwabara - Fukuyo - Nagakubo - Kojinyama - Takatō 1545 - Ryūgasaki - Uchiyama - Odaihara - Shika - Uedahara - Shirojiritoge - Fukashi - Toishi - Katsurao - Kiso Fukushima - Kannomine - Matsuo - Kawanakajima - Musashi-Matsuyama - Kuragano - Minowa - Hachigata 1568 - Odawara 1569 - Mimasetoge - Kanbara - Hanazawa - Fukazawa - Futamata - Mikata ga Hara - Iwamura - Noda - Takatenjin 1574 - Yoshida - Nagashino - Omosu - Takatenjin 1581 - Temmokuzan - Takatō 1582

The battle of Sezawa was one of many battles fought by Takeda Shingen in his bid to take control of Shinano Province. Here, he was opposed by the combined forces of Ogasawara Nagatoki, Suwa Yorishige, Murakami Yoshikiyo, and Kiso Yoshiyasu, but defeated them all.

[edit] Reference

  • Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.


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