Siege of Odawara (1569)
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| Campaigns of the Takeda |
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| Un no Kuchi - Sezawa - Uehara - Kuwabara - Fukuyo - Nagakubo - Kojinyama - Takatō 1545 - Ryūgasaki - Uchiyama - Odaihara - Shika - Uedahara - Shirojiritoge - Fukashi - Toishi - Katsurao - Kiso Fukushima - Kannomine - Matsuo - Kawanakajima - Musashi-Matsuyama - Kuragano - Minowa - Hachigata 1568 - Odawara 1569 - Mimasetoge - Kanbara - Hanazawa - Fukazawa - Futamata - Mikata ga Hara - Iwamura - Noda - Takatenjin 1574 - Yoshida - Nagashino - Omosu - Takatenjin 1581 - Temmokuzan - Takatō 1582 |
| Campaigns of the Hōjō |
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| Arai - Edo - Nashinokidara - Kamakura - Ozawahara - Musashi-Matsuyama 1537 - Kōnodai 1538 - Kawagoe - Odawara 1561 - Musashi-Matsuyama 1563 - Kōnodai 1564 - Mifunedai - Hachigata 1568 - Odawara 1569 - Mimasetoge - Kanbara - Nirayama - Fukazawa - Omosu - Kanagawa - Hachigata 1590 - Odawara 1590 - Shimoda - Oshi |
The first siege of Odawara took place in 1569. After failing to take Hachigata and Takiyama castles, Takeda Shingen nevertheless moved against the Hōjō clan capital fortress of Odawara. The siege lasted only three days, after which the Takeda forces burned the town to the ground and left.
Reference
- Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
See also
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