Battle of Kanagawa
36°16′10.0″N 139°6′58.8″E / 36.269444°N 139.116333°E / 36.269444; 139.116333Result Hōjō victory Belligerents Hōjō forces Oda forces Commanders and leaders Hōjō Ujinao
Hōjō Ujikuni Takigawa Kazumasu Strength 55,000 18,000 Casualties and losses 300 2,000 - 4,000 
Hōjō Ujikuni
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Campaigns of the Hōjō clan
- Arai
- Edo
- Nashinokidaira
- Kamakura
- Ozawahara
- Musashi-Matsuyama 1537
- Kawagoe (1537)
- Kōnodai 1538
- Kawagoe (1545)
- Suruga-Sagami
- Odawara 1561
- Musashi-Matsuyama 1563
- Kōnodai 1564
- Hachigata 1568
- Odawara 1569
- Mimasetoge
- Kanbara
- Nirayama
- Fukazawa
- Omosu
- Kanagawa
- Tenshō-Jingo
- Hachigata 1590
- Odawara 1590
- Shimoda
- Oshi
The Battle of Kanagawa took place during the Sengoku period (16th century) of Japanese history, between Oda and Hōjō forces.
History
Following the sudden death of Oda Nobunaga, the Hōjō family soon took advantage of the situation and launched an attack on Oda clan territory.
Hojo Ujimasa's forces led by Ujinao and Ujikuni attack Oda Nobunaga's senior retainer, Takigawa Kazumasu, who had received territories after the defeat of Takeda Katsuyori the same year in 1582.
On the border between the Kōzuke and Musashi provinces, Kazumasu faced off against the Hōjō forces at Kanegawa. Kazumasu had 18,000 troops, while the Hōjō wielded 55,000, Kazumasu's defeat and retreated to Nagashima.[1]
References
- ^ Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co. pp. 232–233. ISBN 9781854095237.
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