Siege of Hachigata (1568)

Siege of Hachigata (1568)

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Siege of Hachigata
partof=the Sengoku period


caption=
date=1568
place=Hachigata castle, Musashi province
result=Hōjō victory
combatant1=forces of the Hōjō clan
combatant2=forces of Takeda Shingen
commander1=Hōjō Ujikuni
commander2=Takeda Shingen
strength1=6800
strength2=6000
casualties1=
casualties2=

The first siege of Hachigata took place in 1568; Takeda Shingen laid siege to the castle, which was controlled by Hōjō Ujikuni, but was unable to capture it. Shingen then moved south to besiege Takiyama castle, on his way to the Hōjō capital of Odawara.

References

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

ee also

*Siege of Hachigata (1590)


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