Siege of Hachigata (1568)
| Siege of Hachigata | |||||||
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| Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| forces of Hōjō Ujiyasu | forces of Takeda Shingen | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Hōjō Ujikuni | Takeda Shingen | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 6,800 | 6,000 | ||||||
The first siege of Hachigata castle took place in 1568; Takeda Shingen laid siege to the Hachigata Castle, which was controlled by Hōjō Ujikuni, but was unable to capture it.
After failing to capture Hachigata castle, Shingen then moved south to besiege Takiyama castle, on his way to the Hōjō capital of Odawara.
References
[edit]- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
See also
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