Siege of Minowa

Siege of Minowa
Part of Sengoku period
Date1566
Location36°24′16″N 138°57′05″E / 36.40444°N 138.95139°E / 36.40444; 138.95139
Result Siege successful; Takeda victory
Belligerents
Uesugi clan Forces of Takeda Shingen
Commanders and leaders
Kamiizumi Hidetsuna
Nagano Narimori 
Takeda Shingen
Naitō Masatoyo
Strength
3,000 5,000
Siege of Minowa is located in Gunma Prefecture
Siege of Minowa
Location within Gunma Prefecture
Siege of Minowa is located in Japan
Siege of Minowa
Siege of Minowa (Japan)

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]

  1. ^ Turnbull, Stephen (2013-01-20). Kawanakajima 1553–64: Samurai power struggle. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-0022-0.

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