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Siege of Shika

Date	1546-1547
Location	Shika castle, Shinano Province, Japan
Result	Siege succeeds; Takeda victory
Territorial changes	Castle falls to Takeda Shingen

Belligerents

forces of Takeda Shingen

castle garrison

Commanders

Takeda Shingen

Kasahara Kiyoshige

Strength

3000

2600

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 siege of Shika castle, spanning the years 1546 to 1547, was one of many battles fought in Takeda Shingen's bid to seize control of Shinano Province. Having just defeated Uesugi Norimasa at the battle of Odaihara, Shingen made use of 300 severed heads obtained at that battle to intimidate Shika's garrison. He displayed the heads prominently outside the besieged castle until Kasahara Kiyoshige surrendered.

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References

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

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