Battle of Uedahara

Battle of Uedahara

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Uedahara
partof=the Sengoku period


caption=
date=February 14 1548
place= Uedahara, Shinano Province
result=Murakami victory
combatant1=forces of Takeda Shingen
combatant2=forces of Murakami Yoshikiyo
commander1=Takeda Shingen, Itagaki Nobukata†
commander2=Murakami Yoshikiyo
strength1=7000 men
strength2=3000
casualties1=700 men
Amari Torayasu
Itagaki Nobukata
Hajikano Den'emon
casualties2=120

The nihongo|battle of Uedahara|上田原の戦い was the first defeat suffered by Takeda Shingen, and the first field battle in Japan at which firearms were used.

Takeda Shingen met up with his force that had taken Shika castle, and led 7000 men north to face the threat posed by Murakami Yoshikiyo. Shingen's vanguard was led by Itagaki Nobukata; when they charged head-on into Murakami's vanguard, the charge was absorbed, and Itagaki killed.

Murakami made use of 50 "ashigaru" armed with Chinese arquebuses, who were meant to serve as support for archers. All in all, 700 of Takeda's men were killed, including Itagaki, and two other generals, Amari Torayasu and Hajikano Den'emon. Shingen himself even suffered a spear wound to his side.

References

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


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