Siege of Katsurayama
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The siege of Katsurayama in March 1557 was fought between the forces of the Japanese daimyō Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin as part of the Kawanakajima campaigns. Katsurayama Castle was a strategically vital Uesugi stronghold in the contested Shinano Province and, when it was isolated from reinforcements due to late snow in early 1557, the Takeda clan used this opportunity to attack it. Although the castle garrison, consisting of the Ochiai clan and elements of the Murakami clan, defended Katsurayama furiously, the Takeda forces under Baba Nobuharu eventually stormed into the castle. Most of the garrison was killed in combat, while the families of the defenders committed mass suicide and the castle was burned to the ground.
1557
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Location: 36.6709, 138.1662, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | 1181 | Battle of Yokotagawara | battle, Minamoto no Yoshinaka | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1335 | Battle of Aonuma | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1400 | Battle of Ōtō | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1550 | Sieges of Toishi | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1553 | Battles of Kawanakajima | Uesugi Kenshin, Takeda Shingen, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1553 | Siege of Katsurao | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1553 | The Battle of Fuse | battle, Uesugi Kenshin, Takeda Shingen, Murakami Yoshikiyo | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1555 | Battle of Saigawa | battle, Uesugi Kenshin, Takeda Shingen | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1556 | Siege of Amakazari | siege, Sanada Yukitaka | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1557 | Battle of Uenohara | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1557 | Siege of Katsurayama | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1561 | Battle of Kawanakajima | battle, Uesugi Kenshin, Takeda Shingen | Wikidata |
| site | castle | Asahiyama Castle | hill castle, Japanese castle | Wikidata | |