siege, early modern

Siege of Kojinyama

Name: Siege of Kojinyama
Location: Kojinyama Fortress, Japan

Siege of Kojinyama was a siege conducted in 1544 at Kojinyama Fortress, in what is now Japan. The recorded result: Takeda victory. Recorded strength: 2,000 against 2,000.

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Fought1544

WhereKojinyama Fortress, Japan35.965N, 137.992E

OutcomeTakeda victory

Belligerentsforces of Takeda Shingenagainstforces of Tozawa family

Record

Date	1544 (year precision)
Place	Kojinyama Fortress, Japan 35.965N, 137.992E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	2,000	2,000
Commanders	Takeda Shingen	Tozawa Yorichika

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

Nearest engagements

Siege of Ryūgasaki 1545, 3.0 km NW
Battle of Shiojiritōge 1548, 12 km N
Battle of Miyagawa 1542, 14 km E
Siege of Kuwabara 1542, 15 km NE
Siege of Uehara 1541, 15 km E

Elsewhere in 1544

Siege of Kojinyama 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 Q1811771, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Kojinyama, revision 1370742541, 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.