Siege of Odawara (1569)

Second Siege of Odawara
	Part of the Sengoku period
	; One of Odawara's towers.
Date	1569
Location	Odawara castle, Sagami province, Japan35°15′04″N 139°09′13″E / 35.2510°N 139.1535°E
Result	Hôjô victory; Takeda withdraws; town burned;
Belligerents
Forces of Takeda Shingen	Forces of Hojo Ujiyasu
Commanders and leaders
Takeda Shingen; Kōsaka Masanobu; Hoshina Masatoshi; Sanada Yukitaka; Sanada Masayuki	Hōjō Ujiyasu; Hōjō Ujimasa
Strength
20,000	20,000
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Kanagawa Prefecture Siege of Odawara (1569) (Japan)

The second Siege of Odawara took place in 1569. Takeda Shingen attacked Odawara Castle, as a response to Hōjō's intervention into Shingen invasion of Suruga Province.

Background[edit]

In 1568, as a response to Hōjō clan intervention in Takeda invasion of Suruga Province, Takeda Shingen broke the alliance with the Hōjō, and came into Hōjō territory.

Siege[edit]

Shingen came into Musashi Province from his home province of Kai, attacking Takiyama and Hachigata Castles, where Ujiyasu's sons repulsed them. After failing at the Siege of Takiyama and Siege of Hachigata (1568), Takeda Shingen nevertheless moved to Sagami Province against the Hōjō clan capital fortress of Odawara in 1569. The siege lasted only three days, after which the Takeda forces burned the town to the ground and left.

Aftermath[edit]

Odawara castle itself did not fall and was still held by the Hojo, end of Shingen's campaign at Sagami Province against Hōjō clan.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "「三増峠の戦い（1569年）」北条方の本拠・小田原城まで進出した武田信玄。その退却戦で明暗分かれる". Sengoku History. Retrieved October 14, 2020.

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

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[Strength-1] "「三増峠の戦い（1569年）」北条方の本拠・小田原城まで進出した武田信玄。その退却戦で明暗分かれる". Sengoku History. Retrieved October 14, 2020.

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