Battle of Ozawahara

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

The 1530 battle of Ozawahara 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.