Siege of Kamakura (1526)
Siege of Kamakura | |||||||
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Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||
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Uesugi clan |
Hōjō clan | ||||||
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Various retainers of Hōjō Ujitsuna |
In the 1526 siege of Kamakura (大永鎌倉合戦; "Daiei (era) Battle of Kamakura"), led forces of the Uesugi clan against the Hōjō, who had taken Edo from the Uesugi two years earlier. The city was defended by a number of retainers of Hōjō Ujitsuna, including members of the and families.
The Uesugi forces burned much of the city to the ground, including Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū. This was a terrible psychological loss for the Hōjō, since the earlier Hōjō clan, from which they took their name, had suffered their final defeat at the same location in 1333.
See also[]
References[]
- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
- Turnbull, Stephen (2002). 'War in Japan: 1467-1615'. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
Categories:
- Sieges involving Japan
- 1526 in Japan
- Conflicts in 1526
- Battles of the Sengoku period