Siege of Fukazawa
Siege of Fukazawa | |||||||
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Part of Sengoku period | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Hōjō clan castle garrison | Forces of Takeda Shingen | ||||||
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Hōjō Tsunashige Matsuda Norihide | Takeda Shingen | ||||||
Location within Shizuoka Prefecture |
The 1571 siege of Fukazawa castle was one of a number of battles which formed Takeda Shingen's campaigns against the Hōjō clan, during Japan's Sengoku period.
History
[edit]Having burned the town of Odawara surrounding the Hōjō home castle two years earlier, Takeda Shingen laid siege to a number of other Hōjō holdings in the surrounding provinces, including Fukazawa castle, in Suruga province.
This was the sixth time he had invaded Suruga; Fukazawa castle was held by Hōjō Tsunashige, who ultimately surrendered and withdrew to Tamanawa Castle.[1]
References
[edit]- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co.