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Siege of Minowa

Siege of Minowa was a siege conducted in 1566 at Minowa Castle, in what is now Japan. The recorded result: Siege successful; Takeda victory. Recorded strength: 3,000 against 5,000.

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Fought1566
WhereMinowa Castle, Japan36.405N, 138.951E
OutcomeSiege successful; Takeda victory
BelligerentsUesugi clanagainstForces of Takeda Shingen

Record

Date1566 (year precision)
PlaceMinowa Castle, Japan
36.405N, 138.951E
KindSiege, early modern
Strength3,0005,000
Commanders
  • Kamiizumi Hidetsuna
  • Nagano Narimori
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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Elsewhere in 1566

Siege of Minowa 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 Q2616449, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Minowa, revision 1370743548, 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.