Siege of Takatō (1582)

Siege of Takatō
	Part of the Sengoku period
Date	1582
Location	Takatō castle, Kai province
Result	Oda victory
Belligerents
forces of Oda Nobunaga	Takeda remnants
Commanders and leaders
Oda Nobutada; Oda Nagamasu; Hori Hidemasa	Takeda Morinobu †; Hoshina Masanao;
Strength
30,000	3,000

The 1582 siege of Takatō (高遠城の戦い) was one of the final battles of the Takeda clan against the forces of Oda Nobunaga.

After the destruction of the Takeda in Kai province in 1582, resulting in the death of Takeda Katsuyori and many others, Takeda Morinobu (also known as Nishina Morinobu), the fifth son of the famed Takeda Shingen, fortified himself within the . Oda Nobutada ordered that a certain priest be sent to Morinobu to mediate, but Morinobu responded by cutting the unfortunate man's nose and ears, and then sent him back. Following this, Nobutada launched a full-scale attack on the castle, killing Morinobu.^[1]

References[]

^ Turnbull, Stephen (2000). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & C0. p. 231. ISBN 1854095234.

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[Cassell-1] Turnbull, Stephen (2000). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & C0. p. 231. ISBN 1854095234.

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