Battle of Mimasetoge

Battle of Mimasetōge
Part of the Sengoku period
The battlefield at present
Date 1569 Location Mimase Pass, Sagami Province Result Hojo force retreat Successful Takeda withdrawal
Belligerents
forces of Takeda Shingen	forces of Hōjō Ujiyasu
Commanders and leaders
Takeda Shingen Baba Nobuharu Yamagata Masakage Hara Masatane Obata Masamori Sanada Masayuki	Hōjō Ujiteru Hōjō Ujikuni
Strength
10,000	20,000
Casualties and losses
900 dead	3,200 dead

The battle of Mimasetōge (三増峠の戦い) was the Hōjō's attack on the Takeda army, which took place at Mimase Pass in 1569, as the forces of Takeda Shingen withdrew after repeated failed sieges of the Hōjō clan's Odawara Castle in Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan.

The Hōjō forces, led by the brothers Ujiteru and Ujikuni, lay in wait for Takeda Shingen in the pass of Mimase. The Takeda vanguard, which included Baba Nobuharu, was hard-pressed. Shingen himself led the Takeda main body.

The battle turned in favor of the Takeda when Yamagata Masakage launched a furious counterattack, inflicting heavy casualties on the Hōjō and forced the Hōjō army to retreat north, allowing the Takeda return to Kai — leaving behind some 900 dead.

See also

• Myōki

References

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