Sieges of Takatenjin
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The fortress of Takatenjin (高天神), in the south of Japan's old Tōtōmi Province
, came under siege twice in the 16th century.
Totomi Province
was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today western Shizuoka Prefecture. Tōtōmi bordered on Mikawa, Suruga and Shinano Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was .-History:...
, came under siege twice in the 16th century.
- Siege of Takatenjin (1574)Siege of Takatenjin (1574)The first siege of Takatenjin occurred in 1574, when it was attacked by the forces of Takeda Katsuyori. The garrison was commanded by Ogasawara Nagatada, who held the fortress for Tokugawa Ieyasu...
– Ogasawara NagatadaOgasawara Nagatada' , also known as , was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Imagawa, Tokugawa, and Takeda clans. Nagatada, the son of Ogasawara Ujioki, first served the Imagawa clan together with his father. However, after the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto, he became a Tokugawa retainer, and...
, a vassal of the Tokugawa, lost the fortress to Takeda KatsuyoriTakeda Katsuyoriwas a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku Period, who was famed as the head of the Takeda clan and the successor to the legendary warlord Takeda Shingen. He was the son of Shingen by the , the daughter of Suwa Yorishige...
. - Siege of Takatenjin (1581)Siege of Takatenjin (1581)The second siege of Takatenjin came only six years after Takeda Katsuyori took the fortress. This second siege lasted several months, and ended with the fortress falling in Nobunaga's hands....
– The Takeda lost the fortress to Oda NobunagaOda Nobunagawas the initiator of the unification of Japan under the shogunate in the late 16th century, which ruled Japan until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was also a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. His opus was continued, completed and finalized by his successors Toyotomi...
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