siege, early modern

Siege of Noda Castle

Name: Siege of Noda Castle
Location: Noda Castle, Japan

Siege of Noda Castle was a siege conducted in December 1572 at Noda Castle, in what is now Japan; it ran into the following year. It was part of Operation Nishikami. The recorded result: Siege succeeds, but Takeda Shingen wounded, possibly fatally. Recorded strength: 30,000 against 500.

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愛知県新城市野田城の絵図. Mikkabie, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

FoughtDecember 1572ran into the following year

WhereNoda Castle, Japan34.882N, 137.468E

OutcomeSiege succeeds, but Takeda Shingen wounded, possibly fatally

Belligerentsforces of Takeda Shingenagainstforces loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu

Part ofOperation Nishikami

Where it sits in Operation Nishikami

4 placed engagements of Operation Nishikami in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	December 1572 (month precision) to February 1573
Place	Noda Castle, Japan 34.882N, 137.468E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	30,000	500
Commanders	Takeda Shingen	Suganuma Sadamichi

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

Nearest engagements

Battle of Nagashino 1575, 6.8 km NE
Siege of Nirengi Castle 1571, 13 km S
Siege of Yoshida Castle 1575, 14 km SW
Siege of Imahashi 1506, 14 km SW
Battle of Mikatagahara 1573, 23 km SE

In the same war

Before: Battle of Hitokotozaka 18 November 1572
After: Battle of Mikatagahara 25 January 1573
All 4 engagements of Operation Nishikami

Elsewhere in 1572

Battle of Molodi Russia
Capture of Brielle Netherlands
Siege of Haarlem Netherlands
Relief of Goes Netherlands
Siege of La Rochelle France

Siege of Noda Castle 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 Q1014485, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Noda Castle, revision 1381491440, 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.