siege, notable, early modern

Siege of Takatō

Name: Siege of Takatō
Location: Takatō Castle, Japan

Siege of Takatō was a siege conducted in 1582 at Takatō Castle, in what is now Japan. It was part of the Kōshū Conquest. The recorded result: Oda victory. Recorded strength: 30,000 against 400.

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Fought1582

WhereTakatō Castle, Japan35.833N, 138.062E

OutcomeOda victory

BelligerentsForces of Oda NobunagaagainstForces of Takeda clan

Casualties and lossesSignificantandEntire garrison, many civilians

Part ofKōshū Conquest

Record

Date	1582 (year precision)
Place	Takatō Castle, Japan 35.833N, 138.062E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	30,000	400
Casualties and losses	Significant	Entire garrison, many civilians
Commanders	Oda Nobutada Oda Nagamasu Takigawa Kazumasu Kawajiri Hidetaka Mori Nagayoshi Hori Hidemasa	Takeda Morinobu Hoshina Masanao Oyamada Masayuki

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 Takatō 1545, same recorded site
Siege of Kojinyama 1544, 16 km NW
Battle of Sezawa 1542, 18 km NE
Battle of Miyagawa 1542, 19 km NE
Siege of Ryūgasaki 1545, 19 km NW

In the same war

After: Battle of Tenmokuzan 3 April 1582

Elsewhere in 1582

Siege of Takatō 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 Q2901847, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Takatō (1582), revision 1374268411, 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.