Battle of Ozawahara explained

Conflict:Battle of Ozawahara
Partof:the Sengoku period
Date:1530
Place:Ozawahara, Musashi Province, Japan
Map Type:Japan Kanagawa Prefecture#Japan
Map Relief:yes
Result:Hojo victory
Combatant1:forces of the Hōjō clan
Combatant2:forces of the Uesugi clan
Commander1:Hōjō Ujiyasu
Commander2:Uesugi Tomooki

The Battle of Ozawahara was fought in 1530 in the present day Asao, Kawasaki, Kanagawa. This was the first battle for Hōjō Ujiyasu, then sixteen years old.[1]

Ujiyasu faced Uesugi Tomooki at Ozawahara in Musashi Province. The battle was part of a seventeen-year struggle between the Hōjō clan and the Uesugi clan for control of the Kantō region which began with the 1524 Siege of Edo. The battle ended with a Hōjō victory.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://www.city.odawara.kanagawa.jp/encycl/neohojo5/006/. 三代氏康と合戦. Odawara city official. ja. 18 October 2021.