Siege of Minowa | |||||||
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Part of Sengoku period | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Uesugi clan | Forces of Takeda Shingen | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Kamiizumi Hidetsuna Nagano Narimori † |
Takeda Shingen Naitō Masatoyo | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
3,000 | 5,000 | ||||||
The 1566 siege of Minowa was one of several battles fought by the Takeda clan in their campaigns to seize the lands of the Uesugi clan, during Japan's Sengoku period. It is part of a larger power struggle between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin.[1]