Siege of Uozu

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Siege of Uozu
Date May-June 1582 Location Uozu, Etchu province, Japan Result Oda victory Territorial changes Uozu and Matsukura castle fall to Nobunaga
Belligerents
Forces of Oda Nobunaga	Uesugi clan forces
Commanders
Shibata Katsuie, Sasa Narimasa	Uesugi Kagekatsu

Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga Okehazama - Azukizaka - Chōkō-ji - Kanegasaki - Anegawa - Ishiyama Hongan-ji - Mount Hiei - Nagashima - Mikatagahara - Hikida Castle - Odani Castle - Ichijōdani Castle - Itami - Nagashino - Mitsuji - Kizugawaguchi - Shigisan - Tedorigawa - Hijiyama - Temmokuzan - Uozu - Honnō-ji

The 1582 Siege of Uozu Castle (魚津城の戦い, Uozu-jō no tatakai^?) was part of a border dispute between two daimyō of Japan's Sengoku period. The territories of Oda Nobunaga and the Uesugi clan, led by Uesugi Kagekatsu, met in Etchu Province; both were under threat from the Ikkō-ikki of Etchu, and from one another.

Seeking to ensure the security of Nobunaga's possessions, Shibata Katsuie and Sasa Narimasa, two of his chief generals, rode north from Toyama Castle, and laid siege to both the town of Uozu and nearby Matsukura Castle.

Uozu Castle fell on June 3, 1582; Oda Nobunaga would die three days later, in Kyoto, in the Incident at Honnō-ji.

[edit] References

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