Siege of Uozu explained

Conflict:Siege of Uozu
Date:May-June 1582
Place:Uozu, Etchu province, Japan
Territory:Uozu and Matsukura Castle fall to Nobunaga
Result:Oda victory
Combatant1:Forces of Oda Nobunaga
Combatant2:Forces of Uesugi Kagekatsu
Commander1:Shibata Katsuie
Sassa Narimasa
Commander2:Uesugi Kagekatsu
Strength1:40,000
Strength2:3,800

The 1582 was part of a border dispute between two daimyō of Japan's Sengoku period. The territories of Oda Nobunaga and the Uesugi clan, led by Uesugi Kagekatsu, met in Etchu Province; both were under threat from the Ikkō-ikki of Etchu, and from one another.

Seeking to ensure the security of Nobunaga's possessions, Shibata Katsuie and Sassa Narimasa, two of his chief generals, rode north from Toyama Castle, and laid siege to both the town of Uozu and nearby Matsukura Castle. Uozu fell on June 3, 1582, and Oda Nobunaga would die eighteen days later, in Kyoto, in the Incident at Honnō-ji.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Turnbull. Stephen. The Samurai Sourcebook. 2000. Cassell & C0. London. 1854095234. 231.