Battle of Kanagawa

Battle of Kanagawa
	Part of the Sengoku period
Date	June 16 - June 19, 1582
Location	border between Kozuke and Musashi provinces, Japan
Result	Hōjō victory
Belligerents
Hōjō forces	Oda forces
Commanders and leaders
Hōjō Ujinao; Hōjō Ujikuni	Takigawa Kazumasu
Strength
55,000	18,000
Casualties and losses
300	2,000 - 4,000

The Battle of Kanagawa took place during the Sengoku period (16th century) of Japanese history, between Oda and Hōjō forces.

Following the sudden death of Oda Nobunaga, the Hōjō family soon took the advantage of the situation to launch a certain attack against Nobunaga's senior retainer, Takigawa Kazumasu, who had received territories after the defeat of Takeda Katsuyori the same year in 1582. On the border between the Kōzuke and Musashi provinces, Kazumasu faced off against the Hōjō at Kanegawa. Kazumasu had 18,000 troops, while the Hōjō wielded 55,000. After Kazumasu's defeat, he retreated to Nagashima.^[1]

References

^ Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co. pp. 232–233. ISBN 9781854095237.

[ST-1] Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co. pp. 232–233. ISBN 9781854095237.

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