battle, early modern

First Battle of Kōnodai

Name: First Battle of Kōnodai
Start: 1538-10-29
Location: Kōnodai Castle, Japan

First Battle of Kōnodai was a battle fought on 29 October 1538 at Kōnodai Castle, in what is now Japan. The recorded result: Hōjō victory.

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Fought29 October 1538

WhereKōnodai Castle, Japan35.784N, 139.904E

OutcomeHōjō victory

BelligerentsHōjō forcesagainstSatomi and Ashikaga forces

Record

Date	29 October 1538
Place	Kōnodai Castle, Japan 35.784N, 139.904E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Commanders	Hōjō Ujitsuna Hōjō Genan Hōjō Tsunashige	Satomi Yoshitaka Ashikaga Yoshiaki (Oyumi)

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Second Battle of Kōnodai 1564, 2.7 km S
Battle of Gyōnindai 1521, 5.9 km NE
Battle of Sakainehara 1479, 7.0 km NE
Battle of Ueno 1868, 14 km SW
Battle of Egota-Numabukurohara 1477, 22 km W

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1479 and 1564.

Elsewhere in 1538

First Battle of Kōnodai is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 481 in present-day Japan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3330721, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Kōnodai (1538), revision 1370267631, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.