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Battle of Sezawa

Date	March 9, 1542
Location	Sezawa, Shinano Province
Result	Takeda victory

Belligerents

forces of Takeda Shingen

combined forces of Shinano daimyō

Commanders

Takeda Shingen

Ogasawara Nagatoki, Suwa Yorishige, Murakami Yoshikiyo, Kiso Yoshiyasu,Tozawa Yorichika

Strength

3000

12000

Casualties and losses

500

3000

Campaigns of the Takeda

Nashinokidaira – Un no Kuchi – Sezawa – Uehara – Kuwabara – Fukuyo – Nagakubo – Kojinyama – Takatō 1545 – Ryūgasaki – Uchiyama – Odaihara – Shika – Uedahara – Shirojiritoge – Fukashi – Toishi – Katsurao – Kiso Fukushima – Kannomine – Matsuo – Kawanakajima – Musashi-Matsuyama – Kuragano – Minowa – Hachigata 1568 – Odawara 1569 – Mimasetoge – Kanbara – Hanazawa – Fukazawa – Futamata – Mikatagahara – Iwamura – Noda – Takatenjin 1574 – Yoshida – Nagashino – Omosu – Takatenjin 1581 – Temmokuzan – Takatō 1582

The battle of Sezawa was one of many battles fought by Takeda Shingen in his bid to take control of Shinano Province. Here he was opposed by the combined forces of Ogasawara Nagatoki, Suwa Yorishige, Murakami Yoshikiyo,Kiso Yoshiyasu,and Tozawa Yorichika. They gathered a force of 12000 Shinano warriors, but Shingen defeated them all, with just 3000 men. The Shinano Forces suffered about 3000 casualties, while Shingen's forces suffered about 500 losses.

References

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

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