Siege of Uozu
Appearance
Siege of Uozu | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Forces of Oda Nobunaga | Forces of Uesugi Kagekatsu | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Shibata Katsuie Sassa Narimasa | Uesugi Kagekatsu | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
40,000 | 3,800 |
The 1582 Siege of Uozu Castle (
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]
References
[edit]- ^ Turnbull, Stephen (2000). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & C0. p. 231. ISBN 1854095234.