Siege of Hanazawa
| Siege of Hanazawa | |||||||||
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| Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Takeda clan forces | Imagawa clan forces | ||||||||
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| Takeda Shingen, Nagasaka Tsuruyasu, Hajikano Saemon | Ōhara Sukenaga | ||||||||
The 1570 siege of Hanazawa was one of several battles fought between the Takeda and Imagawa clans during the Takeda's campaign to seize Suruga province, during Japan's Sengoku period.
Hanazawa castle was under the command of Imagawa general Ōhara Sukenaga. Nagasaka Tsuruyasu, Hajikano Saemon, and Takeda Shingen himself led the siege, which was successful in taking the castle after four days.
References[edit]
- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
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