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Siege of Uchiyama

Date	1546
Location	Uchiyama, Shinano Province
Result	Siege succeeds; Takeda victory
Territorial changes	Uchiyama falls to Takeda Shingen

Belligerents

forces of Takeda Shingen

Uchiyama garrison

Commanders

Takeda Shingen

Oi Sadakiyo

Strength

2900

2200

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 1546 siege of Uchiyama was simply one of many battles fought in Takeda Shingen's bid to gain control of Shinano Province. His troops surrounded the fortress and starved out the garrison.

References

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

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