The 1569 Siege of Kanbara was one of many sieges undertaken by the Takeda clan against the territories of the

Hōjō clan The was a Japanese samurai family who controlled the hereditary title of ''shikken'' (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate between 1203 and 1333. Despite the title, in practice the family wielded actual political power in Japan during this period ...

during Japan's

Sengoku period The was a period in History of Japan, Japanese history of near-constant civil war and social upheaval from 1467 to 1615. The Sengoku period was initiated by the Ōnin War in 1467 which collapsed the Feudalism, feudal system of Japan under the ...

. Takeda Katsuyori, the son of clan head

Takeda Shingen , of Kai Province, was a pre-eminent ''daimyō'' in feudal Japan. Known as the "Tiger of Kai", he was one of the most powerful daimyō with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period. Shingen was a warlord of great ...

, led the siege against Kanbara castle in

Suruga province was an old province in the area that is today the central part of Shizuoka Prefecture. Suruga bordered on Izu, Kai, Sagami, Shinano, and Tōtōmi provinces; and was bordered by the Pacific Ocean through Suruga Bay to the south. Its abbrevia ...

, which was held by a garrison of 1000 men under the command of

Hōjō Genan was a Japanese ''Samurai'' of the Sengoku period. He was the second and youngest son of Hōjō Sōun. Genan was a highly educated samurai, thus he worked as a diplomat of the Later Hōjō clan. Genan's son Hōjō Ujinobu was attacked by the T ...

's son, Hōjō Ujinobu. The castle fell on 6 December 1569, and Ujinobu was forced to kill himself.

References

*Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co. 1569 in Japan Sieges involving Japan Battles of the Sengoku period Conflicts in 1569 {{Japan-battle-stub