Battle of Ozawahara

Part of the Sengoku period

Date	1530
Location	Ozawahara, Musashi Province, Japan
Result	Hojo victory

Belligerents

forces of the Hōjō clan

forces of the Uesugi clan

Commanders and leaders

Hōjō Ujiyasu

Uesugi Tomooki

Campaigns of the Hōjō clan
Arai Edo Nashinokidaira Kamakura Ozawahara Musashi-Matsuyama 1537 Kawagoe (1537) Kōnodai 1538 Kawagoe (1545) Suruga-Sagami Odawara 1561 Musashi-Matsuyama 1563 Kōnodai 1564 Hachigata 1568 Odawara 1569 Mimasetoge Kanbara Nirayama Fukazawa Omosu Kanagawa Hachigata 1590 Odawara 1590 Shimoda Oshi

The 1530 battle of Ozawahara (小沢原の戦い) was the first battle for Hōjō Ujiyasu, then fifteen years old. He faced Uesugi Tomooki. The battle was part of a seventeen-year struggle, which began with the 1524 siege of Edo, between the Hōjō clan and the Uesugi for control of the Kantō region.

References

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

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