Battle of Odaihara

Part of the Sengoku period

Date	1546
Location	Odaihara, Saku, Shinano Province
Result	Takeda victory

Belligerents

forces of Takeda Shingen

Uesugi clan

Commanders and leaders

Takeda Shingen

Uesugi Norimasa

Strength

5000

3800

Casualties and losses

498

Campaigns of the Takeda

The 1546 Battle of Odaihara was one of many steps taken by Takeda Shingen, one of Japan's great warlords of the Sengoku period of Japan, in his bid to take over Shinano province. He met the forces of Uesugi Norimasa on the plains of Odaihara, and defeated Uesugi's army while devoting a portion of his own force to the concurrent siege of nearby Shika castle. His victory at Odaihara would grant him hundreds of enemy heads to use for intimidation tactics at Shika.

References

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

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