siege, early modern

Second Siege of Takatenjin

Name: Second Siege of Takatenjin
Start: 1581-03-22
Location: Takatenjin Castle, Japan

Second Siege of Takatenjin was a siege conducted on 22 March 1581 at Takatenjin Castle, in what is now Japan. It was part of Sieges of Takatenjin. The recorded result: Siege succeeds; Oda-Tokugawa victory. Recorded strength: 1,000 men against 5,000 men.

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Fought22 March 1581

WhereTakatenjin Castle, Japan34.698N, 138.035E

OutcomeSiege succeeds; Oda-Tokugawa victory

Belligerentsforces loyal to Takeda Katsuyoriagainstforces loyal to Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu

Casualties and losses680 killedand130 killed

Part ofSieges of Takatenjin

Record

Date	22 March 1581 to 22 March 1581
Place	Takatenjin Castle, Japan 34.698N, 138.035E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	Fortress falls to Oda-Tokugawa
Strength	1,000 men	5,000 men
Casualties and losses	680 killed	130 killed
Commanders	Okabe Motonobu	Tokugawa Ieyasu Honda Tadakatsu Matsudaira Ietada (Fukōzu) Ii Naomasa Mizuno Tadashige Mizuno Katsushige

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

Nearest engagements

First Siege of Takatenjin 1574, 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

Before: First Siege of Takatenjin 1574

Elsewhere in 1581

Second 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 Q2275430, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Takatenjin (1581), revision 1380189243, 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.