Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1563)

Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama
Part of the Sengoku period
Date1563
Location
Matsuyama Castle, Musashi province
36°02′13″N 139°25′16″E / 36.03694°N 139.42111°E / 36.03694; 139.42111
Result Siege successful; castle falls to the Hōjō and Takeda
Belligerents
Uesugi clan castle garrison and Ōta clan forces Combined forces of Hōjō Ujiyasu and Takeda Shingen
Commanders and leaders
Uesugi Norikatsu
Ōta Sukemasa
Hōjō Ujiyasu
Takeda Shingen
Strength
10,000 24,000
Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1563) is located in Saitama Prefecture
Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1563)
Location within Saitama Prefecture
Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1563) is located in Japan
Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1563)
Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1563) (Japan)

In Japanese history, the 1563 Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama was a successful attempt by a combined Takeda clan-Hōjō clan army to regain Musashi province and Matsuyama castle from the Uesugi clan; the Hōjō had seized the castle from the Uesugi in the first Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1537) but lost it, and in 1563 so sought to regain control of it once more.

Musashi-Matsuyama, situated in Japan's Musashi province (today Saitama prefecture), is so called simply to distinguish it from the other locations known as Matsuyama Castle throughout Japan. Retaken by the Uesugi, who held it originally before the Hōjō siege twenty-six years earlier, it came under siege from the Hōjō and Takeda very soon after it was regained. The besieging army, under the command of Takeda Shingen and Hōjō Ujiyasu, employed a team of miners to dig under the castle's defenses, allowing the greater portion of their force easier access to their target.

References

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