Battle of Mimasetoge

Battle of Mimasetōge
Part of the Sengoku period
Date 1569 Location Mimase Pass, Sagami Province Result Successful Takeda withdrawal, Takeda victory
Belligerents
Takeda forces	Hōjō forces
Commanders and leaders
Takeda Shingen, Baba Nobuharu, Yamagata Masakage	Hōjō Ujiteru, Hōjō Ujikuni
Strength
10,000	20,000
Casualties and losses
900 dead	3200 dead

The battle of Mimasetōge took place in 1569, as the forces of Takeda Shingen withdrew from repeated failed sieges of the Hōjō clan's Odawara Castle in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan. The Hōjō forces, led by the brothers Ujiteru and Ujikuni, laid in wait for him in the pass of Mimase. The Takeda vanguard, which included Baba Nobuharu, was hard-pressed; Shingen himself led up the Takeda main body. The battle turned in favor of the Takeda when Yamagata Masakage launched a furious counterattack, inflicting heavy casualties on the Hôjô. The Hôjô were defeated and forced to retreat north, allowing the Takeda to return to Kai - though leaving behind some 900 dead.

References

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