The battle of Kanagawa took place during the Sengoku period (16th century) of Japanese history.
Following the sudden death of Oda Nobunaga, the Hōjō family soon took the advantage of the situation to launch a certain attack against Nobunaga's senior retainer, Takigawa Kazumasu, who had ended up receiving territories nearby following the defeat of Takeda Katsuyori the same year in 1582. On the border between the Kozuke and Musashi provinces, Kazumasu would follow in battling out against the Hōjō at Kanegawa. Kazumasu, however, ended up being defeated which was supported through the fact that Kazumasu had 18,000 troops, while the Hōjō wielded 55,000. After Kazumasu's defeat, he would retreat to Nagashima.
References
- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. Londen: Cassell & Co.
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