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Battle of Ozawahara

 
Wikipedia: Battle of Ozawahara
Battle of Ozawahara
Part of the Sengoku period
Date 1530
Location Ozawahara, Musashi Province, Japan
Result Hojo victory
Belligerents
forces of the Hōjō clan forces of the Uesugi clan
Commanders
Hōjō Ujiyasu Uesugi Tomooki

The 1530 battle of Ozawahara was the first battle for Hōjō Ujiyasu, then fifteen years old. He faced Uesugi Tomooki. The battle was part of a seventeen-year struggle, which began with the 1524 siege of Edo, between the Hōjō clan and the Uesugi for control of the Kantō region.

References

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


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