Battle of Kanagawa

Part of the Sengoku period

Date	June 16 - June 19, 1582
Location	border between Kozuke and Musashi provinces, Japan
Result	Hōjō victory

Belligerents

Hōjō forces

Oda forces

Commanders and leaders

Hōjō Ujinao
Hōjō Ujikuni

Takigawa Kazumasu

Strength

56,000

20,000

Casualties and losses

300

2,000 - 4,000

Campaigns of the Hōjō clan

Arai Edo Nashinokidaira Kamakura Ozawahara Musashi-Matsuyama 1537 Kawagoe (1537) Kōnodai 1538 Kawagoe (1545) Suruga-Sagami Odawara 1561 Musashi-Matsuyama 1563 Kōnodai 1564 Hachigata 1568 Odawara 1569 Mimasetoge Kanbara Nirayama Fukazawa Omosu Kanagawa Hachigata 1590 Odawara 1590 Shimoda Oshi

The battle of Kanagawa took place during the Sengoku period (16th century) of Japanese history.

Following the sudden death of Oda Nobunaga, the Hōjō family soon took the advantage of the situation to launch a certain attack against Nobunaga's senior retainer, Takigawa Kazumasu, who had received territories after the defeat of Takeda Katsuyori the same year in 1582. On the border between the Kozuke and Musashi provinces, Kazumasu faced off against the Hōjō at Kanegawa. Kazumasu had 18,000 troops, while the Hōjō wielded 55,000. After Kazumasu's defeat, he retreated to Nagashima.

References

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

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