Siege of Noda

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Siege of Noda
Part of the Sengoku period
Date 1573 Location Noda Castle, Mikawa Province (today Shinshiro, Aichi) Result Siege fails, Takeda Shingen killed
Combatants
forces of Takeda Shingen	forces of Suganuma Sadamichi
Commanders
Takeda Shingen	Suganuma Sadamichi

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 siege of Noda took place in 1573, when Takeda Shingen, encouraged by his victory at the battle of Mikata ga Hara, decided to push further into Mikawa Province. Noda castle, situated on the Toyokawa (Toyo river), was commanded by Suganuma Sadamichi.

Shingen's kanabori-shū (miners' corps) tunnelled into the castle moat, draining it and depriving the defenders of their drinking water as well as their defense. Though the castle's surrender was now imminent, Shingen let his guard down when he approached the castle to listen to the sound of a flute being played inside. A sniper shot him, and he died shortly afterwards, though his death was kept secret for two years.

[edit] Reference

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