Siege of Hachigata (1568)
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| Siege of Hachigata | |||||||
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| Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| forces of the Hōjō clan | forces of Takeda Shingen | ||||||
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| Hōjō Ujikuni | Takeda Shingen | ||||||
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| 6800 | 6000 | ||||||
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The first siege of Hachigata took place in 1568; Takeda Shingen laid siege to the castle, which was controlled by Hōjō Ujikuni, but was unable to capture it. Shingen then moved south to besiege Takiyama castle, on his way to the Hōjō capital of Odawara.
[edit] References
- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
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