Siege of Odawara (1561)
For other battles with this name, see Siege of Odawara.
First Siege of Odawara | |||||||
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Part of Sengoku period | |||||||
One corner tower of Odawara Castle today | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Uesugi clan Satake clan Ōta clan Satomi clan Yura clan Utsunomiya clan Nagano clan Nasu clan Oda clan forces | Hōjō clan forces | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Uesugi Kenshin Uesugi Norimasa Satake Yoshiaki Ōta Sukemasa Nagano Narimasa Oda Ujiharu Utsunomiya Hirotsuna Satomi Yoshihiro Nasu Suketane Yura Narishige Mita Tsunahide | Hōjō Ujiyasu | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
90,000-113,000 | 15,000 |
The 1561 siege of Odawara, a battle of Japan's Sengoku period, was the first of several sieges which would befall the home castle of the Hōjō clan.
Uesugi Kenshin was at the height of his campaign against the Hōjō clan, as he captured several of their castles. In 1561 he besieged the Hōjō's Odawara Castle. The Uesugi breached the defenses, and burned the castle town. The castle itself however, remained unconquered; Kenshin would withdraw after two months. This came as the result of a lack of adequate supplies, and the reappearance of Takeda Shingen, Kenshin's long-time rival, who was threatening his territories.
This ended the first of three sieges of the Odawara castle.
References
- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
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