Siege of Uchiyama

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Siege of Uchiyama
Part of the Sengoku period
Date 1546
Location Uchiyama, Shinano Province
Result Siege succeeds; Takeda victory
Territorial
changes
Uchiyama falls to Takeda Shingen
Combatants
forces of Takeda Shingen Uchiyama garisson
Commanders
Takeda Shingen Oi Sadakiyo
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 1546 siege of Uchiyama was simply one of many battles fought in Takeda Shingen's bid to gain control of Shinano Province. His troops surrounded the fortress and starved out the garrison.