Siege of Takatenjin (1581)

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Second Siege of Takatenjin
Part of the Sengoku period
Date 1580 - March 22, 1581 Location Takatenjin fortress, Tōtōmi Province, Japan Result Siege succeeds; Takeda defeat Territorial changes Fortress falls
Combatants
forces loyal to the Takeda	Unknown
Commanders
Okabe Naganori	Unknown
Casualties
	680 killed

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 second siege of Takatenjin came only six years after Takeda Katsuyori took the fortress. This second siege lasted several months, and ended with the fortress falling once more out of Takeda control.

This was quite an advantageous event for Oda Nobunaga, as it weakened his enemies; the battle of Temmokuzan the following year would come to be known as Takeda Katsuyori's last stand. However, it is not clear whether those who took Takatenjin from Katsuyori were under Nobunaga's command.