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Siege of Odawara

Siege of Odawara was a siege conducted in 1561 at Odawara Castle, in what is now Japan. The recorded result: Hōjō victory. Recorded strength: 90,000–113,000 against 15,000.

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Château d'Odawara
Château d'Odawara. noface, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1561
WhereOdawara Castle, Japan35.251N, 139.154E
OutcomeHōjō victory
BelligerentsUesugi clan forcesagainstHōjō clan forces

Record

Date1561 (year precision)
PlaceOdawara Castle, Japan
35.251N, 139.154E
KindSiege, early modern
Territorial changeUesugi withdrawal, castle town burned
Strength90,000–113,00015,000
Commanders
  • Uesugi Kenshin
  • Uesugi Norimasa
  • Satomi Yoshihiro
  • Oda Ujiharu
  • Utsunomiya Hirotsuna
  • Satake Yoshiaki
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1180 and 1590.

Elsewhere in 1561

Siege of Odawara is one of 1,470 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 604 in present-day Japan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2017254, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Odawara (1561), revision 1370744135, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.