Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1537)

Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama

Date	1537
Location	Matsuyama castle, Musashi province
Result	Siege successful, castle falls to Hōjō

Belligerents

Uesugi clan garrison

Hōjō forces

Commanders and leaders

unknown

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 1537 siege of Musashi-Matsuyama was the first of several sieges of Matsuyama castle in Japan's Musashi province over the course of the Sengoku period (1467-1603). The Uesugi clan controlled the castle in 1537, but lost it to the Hōjō clan in this siege; they would regain it, and lose it once more in 1563.

It may be interesting to note that the Uesugi sent for help during this siege by hiding a message inside a dog's collar; the tactic was ultimately unsuccessful.

References

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

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