siege, early modern

First Siege of Takatenjin

Name: First Siege of Takatenjin
Location: Takatenjin Castle, Japan

First Siege of Takatenjin was a siege conducted in 1574 at Takatenjin Castle, in what is now Japan. It was part of Sieges of Takatenjin. The recorded result: Siege succeeds; Takeda victory. Recorded strength: 25,000 against 11,000.

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Fought1574

WhereTakatenjin Castle, Japan34.698N, 138.035E

OutcomeSiege succeeds; Takeda victory

Belligerentsforces loyal to the Takeda familyagainstforces of Tokugawa Ieyasu

Part ofSieges of Takatenjin

Record

Date	1574 (year precision)
Place	Takatenjin Castle, Japan 34.698N, 138.035E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	Fortress falls to the Takeda
Strength	25,000	11,000
Commanders	Takeda Katsuyori	Ogasawara Nagatada

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

Nearest engagements

Second Siege of Takatenjin 1581, same recorded site
Battle of Takatenjin 1574, same recorded site
Siege of Kakegawa 1569, 8.8 km N
Battle of Hitokotozaka 1572, 18 km W
Siege of Futamata 1572, 28 km NW

In the same war

After: Second Siege of Takatenjin 22 March 1581

Elsewhere in 1574

Conquest of Tunis Tunisia
Siege of Leiden Netherlands
Battle of Mookerheyde Netherlands
Battle of Reimerswaal Netherlands
Battle of Manila Philippines

First Siege of Takatenjin 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 Q4540826, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Takatenjin (1574), revision 1382668681, 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.