Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1563)
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| Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama | |||||||
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| Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| Uesugi clan castle garrison | Combined Hōjō-Takeda clan forces | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Uesugi Norikatsu | Hōjō Ujiyasu, Takeda Shingen | ||||||
| Campaigns of the Takeda |
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| Nashinokidaira - 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 - Nashinokidaira - Kamakura - Ozawahara - Musashi-Matsuyama 1537 - Kōnodai 1538 - Kawagoe - Odawara 1561 - Musashi-Matsuyama 1563 - Kōnodai 1564 - Hachigata 1568 - Odawara 1569 - Mimasetoge - Kanbara - Nirayama - Fukazawa - Omosu - Kanagawa - Hachigata 1590 - Odawara 1590 - Shimoda - Oshi |
The 1563 siege of Musashi-Matsuyama was a successful attempt by a combined Takeda clan-Hōjō clan army to regain Musashi-Matsuyama castle from the Uesugi clan; the Hōjō seized the castle from the Uesugi in 1537, but lost it in 1563, and so sought to regain control of it once more.
Musashi-Matsuyama, located in Japan's Musashi province (today Saitama prefecture), is so called simply to distinguish it from the other locations known as Matsuyama Castle throughout Japan. Retaken by the Uesugi, who held it originally before the Hōjō siege twenty-six years earlier, it came under siege from the Hōjō and Takeda very soon after it was regained. The besieging army, under the command of Takeda Shingen and Hōjō Ujiyasu employed a team of miners to dig under the castle's defenses, allowing the greater portion of their force easier access to their target.
