The 1565 siege of Kuragano was one of many battles fought during

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 ...

's quest for power 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 ...

. Kuragano castle, in Kōzuke Province, and held by Kuragano Naoyuki, withstood siege by Shingen in 1561, but fell four years later.

References

*Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co. 1565 in Japan Sieges involving Japan Battles of the Sengoku period Conflicts in 1564 {{Japan-battle-stub