Siege of Gongenyama
Appearance
Siege of Gogenyama | |||||||
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Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
forces of Ueda Masamori | forces of Uesugi Tomoyoshi | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ueda Masamori | Uesugi Tomoyoshi |
The siege of Gongenyama (権現山の戦い) occurred in 1510 during the Sengoku period of Japan's history. The daimyō Uesugi Tomoyoshi (上杉朝良; died 1518) had a retainer Ueda Masamori (上田政盛) who rebelled against him and laid siege to his castle of Gongenyama. Masamori was defeated.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. Cassell & Co. p. 208. ISBN 1854095234.