Siege of Uozu

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Siege of Uozu
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date=May-June 1582
place=Uozu, Etchu province, Japan
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territory=Uozu and Matsukura Castle fall to Nobunaga
result=Oda victory
combatant1=Forces of Oda Nobunaga
combatant2=Uesugi clan forces
commander1=Shibata Katsuie, Sasa Narimasa
commander2=Uesugi Kagekatsu
strength1=16000
strength2=23000
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casualties2=The 1582 nihongo|Siege of Uozu Castle|魚津城の戦い|Uozu-jō no tatakai| was part of a border dispute between two "daimyō" of Japan's Sengoku period. The territories of Oda Nobunaga and the Uesugi clan, led by Uesugi Kagekatsu, met in Etchu Province; both were under threat from the Ikkō-ikki of Etchu, and from one another.

Seeking to ensure the security of Nobunaga's possessions, Shibata Katsuie and Sasa Narimasa, two of his chief generals, rode north from Toyama Castle, and laid siege to both the town of Uozu and nearby Matsukura Castle with 16000 men

Uozu Castle fell on June 3, 1582; Oda Nobunaga would die three days later, in Kyoto, in the Incident at Honnō-ji.

References

*Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.