Siege of Odawara (1561)
First Siege of Odawara | |||||||
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Part of Sengoku period | |||||||
![]() One corner tower of Odawara Castle today | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hitachi-Oda clan |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Uesugi Kenshin Uesugi Norimasa Nagano Narimasa Oda Ujiharu Satomi Yoshihiro |
Hōjō Ujiyasu Hōjō Ujimasa | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
90,000-113,000[1] | 15,000 |
The 1561 Siege of Odawara, a battle of Japan's Sengoku period, Uesugi Kenshin attacked Odawara castle, this was the first of several sieges which would befall Odawara castle, the home castle of the Hōjō clan.
Uesugi Kenshin was at the height of his campaign against the Hōjō clan, as he captured several of their castles. In 1561 he besieged the Hōjō's Odawara Castle. The Uesugi breached the defenses, and burned the castle town. The castle itself however remained unconquered; Kenshin would withdraw after two months. This came as the result of a lack of adequate supplies, and the reappearance of Takeda Shingen, Kenshin's long-time rival, who was threatening his territories.
This ended the first of three sieges of the Odawara castle.
References[]
- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
- ^ "「関東の覇権を賭けて上杉謙信とバトル". Nonobono Hihonshi. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
Categories:
- 1561 in Japan
- Battles of the Sengoku period
- Sieges involving Japan
- Conflicts in 1561
- Japanese battle stubs