Siege of Akasaka

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Siege of Akasaka
partof=the Genkō War


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date=1331
place=Shimo Akasaka fortress, Minami-Kawachi, near Osaka
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result=Hōjō victory
combatant1=Imperial forces
combatant2=Hōjō forces
commander1=Kusunoki Masashige
commander2=Unknown
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The 1331 siege of Akasaka was a battle of the Genkō War, taking place during the final years of Japan's Kamakura period, at Shimo Akasaka-jō (下赤坂城, "earlier Akasaka fortress") near modern-day Osaka.

Shimo Akasaka, a mountain fortress, was built that year, and held by Kusunoki Masashige, a general of Emperor Go-Daigo's armies. On several occasions throughout the year, forces of the Hōjō regents attempted to take the fortress. With great ingenuity, Masashige defended the fort. However, after the Hōjō cut the water supply to the fortress, it fell.

Kusunoki then built a second "Akasaka" fortress, a short distance away, dubbing it Kami Akasaka-jō (上赤坂城, "later Akasaka fortress").

References

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