Siege of Takatenjin (1581)

Second Siege of Takatenjin
Part of the Sengoku period
Date1580 - March 22, 1581
Location
Takatenjin fortress, Tōtōmi Province, Japan
34°41′54″N 138°02′07″E / 34.69833°N 138.03528°E / 34.69833; 138.03528
Result Siege succeeds; Oda-Tokugawa victory
Territorial
changes
Fortress falls to Oda-Tokugawa
Belligerents
forces loyal to Takeda Katsuyori forces loyal to Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu
Commanders and leaders
Okabe Motonobu  Tokugawa Ieyasu
Honda Tadakatsu
Mizuno Tadashige
Mizuno Katsushige
Matsudaira Ietada (Fukōzu)
Ii Naomasa
Strength
1,000 men 5,000 men
Casualties and losses
680 killed 130 killed
Siege of Takatenjin (1581) is located in Shizuoka Prefecture
Siege of Takatenjin (1581)
Location within Shizuoka Prefecture
Siege of Takatenjin (1581) is located in Japan
Siege of Takatenjin (1581)
Siege of Takatenjin (1581) (Japan)

The second siege of Takatenjin came only six years after Takeda Katsuyori took the fortress. This second siege lasted from 1580 until 22 March 1581, the siege ended within four months and ended with the deaths of 680 of Okabe Motonobu/Naganori's garrison.[1]

  1. ^ Turnbull, Stephen (2000). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & C0. p. 231. ISBN 1854095234.

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