Siege of Hanazawa

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


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date=1570
place=Hanazawa castle, Suruga province
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territory=Hanazawa falls to the Takeda
result=Takeda victory
combatant1=Takeda clan forces
combatant2=Imagawa clan forces
commander1=Takeda Shingen, Nagasaka Tsuruyasu, Hajikano Saemon
commander2=Ōhara Sukenaga
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strength2=
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The 1570 siege of Hanazawa was one of several battles fought between the Takeda and Imagawa clans during the Takeda's campaign to seize Suruga province, during Japan's Sengoku period.

Hanazawa castle was under the command of Imagawa general Ōhara Sukenaga. Nagasaka Tsuruyasu, Hajikano Saemon and Takeda Shingen himself led the siege, which was successful in taking the castle after four days.

References

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