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Siege of Hachigata

Date	1568
Location	Hachigata Castle, Musashi province 36°06′33″N 139°11′46″E / 36.1092°N 139.196°E / 36.1092; 139.196Coordinates: 36°06′33″N 139°11′46″E / 36.1092°N 139.196°E / 36.1092; 139.196
Result	Hōjō victory

Belligerents

forces of the Hōjō clan

forces of Takeda Shingen

Commanders

Hōjō Ujikuni

Takeda Shingen

Strength

6800

6000

Campaigns of the Hōjō

Arai – Edo – Nashinokidaira – Kamakura – Ozawahara – Musashi-Matsuyama 1537 – Kōnodai 1538 – Kawagoe – Odawara 1561 – Musashi-Matsuyama 1563 – Kōnodai 1564 – Hachigata 1568 – Odawara 1569 – Mimasetoge – Kanbara – Nirayama – Fukazawa – Omosu – Kanagawa – Hachigata 1590 – Odawara 1590 – Shimoda – Oshi

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 first siege of Hachigata took place in 1568; Takeda Shingen laid siege to the castle, which was controlled by Hōjō Ujikuni, but was unable to capture it. Shingen then moved south to besiege Takiyama castle, on his way to the Hōjō capital of Odawara.

References

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

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Siege of Hachigata

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