Siege of Hanazawa

Siege of Hanazawa
Part of the Sengoku period
Date 1570 Location Hanazawa castle, Suruga province Result Takeda victory Territorial changes Hanazawa falls to the Takeda
Belligerents
Takeda clan forces	Imagawa clan forces
Commanders and leaders
Takeda Shingen, Nagasaka Tsuruyasu, Hajikano Saemon	Ōhara Sukenaga

The 1570 siege of Hanazawa was one of several battles fought between the Takeda and Imagawa clans during the Takeda's campaign to seize Suruga province, during Japan's Sengoku period.

Hanazawa castle was under the command of Imagawa general Ōhara Sukenaga. Nagasaka Tsuruyasu, Hajikano Saemon, and Takeda Shingen himself led the siege, which was successful in taking the castle after four days.

References

• Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.