The second siege of Odawara took place in 1569.

Takeda Shingen was daimyō, daimyo of Kai Province during the Sengoku period of Japan. Known as "the Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful daimyo of the late Sengoku period, and credited with exceptional military prestige. Shingen was based in a p ...

attacked

Odawara Castle is a reconstructed Japanese castle in the city of Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The current donjon (keep) was constructed out of reinforced concrete in 1960 on a stone foundation of the former donjon, torn down from 1870–1872 ...

, as a response to Hōjō's intervention into Shingen invasion of

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Background

In 1568, as a response to Hōjō clan intervention in Takeda invasion of

broke the alliance with the Hōjō, and came into Hōjō territory.

Siege

Shingen came into

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from his home province of Kai, attacking Takiyama and

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s, where Ujiyasu's sons repulsed them. After failing at the siege of Takiyama and siege of Hachigata (1568),

nevertheless moved to

Sagami Province was a Provinces of Japan, province of Japan located in what is today the central and western Kanagawa Prefecture.Louis-Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Kanagawa''" at . Sagami Province bordered the provinces of Izu Province, Izu ...

against the

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capital fortress of Odawara in 1569. The siege lasted only three days, after which the Takeda forces burned the town to the ground and left.

Aftermath

Odawara castle itself did not fall and was still held by the Hojo, end of Shingen's campaign at

against Hōjō clan.

References

*Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co. Sieges of the Sengoku period Attacks on castles in Japan 1569 in Japan Conflicts in 1569 Odawara Sagami Province Military history of Kanagawa Prefecture Urban fires in Japan Residential building arson attacks in Japan 16th-century military history of Japan {{Japan-battle-stub