In the 1544 siege of Kojinyama,
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 ...
continued his invasion of
Shinano Province
or is an old province of Japan that is now Nagano Prefecture.
Shinano bordered on Echigo, Etchū, Hida, Kai, Kōzuke, Mikawa, Mino, Musashi, Suruga, and Tōtōmi Provinces. The ancient capital was located near modern-day Matsumoto, whi ...
's Ima Valley, seizing Kojinyama fortress from the
Tozawa family.
References
*Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
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