Siege of Kaminogō Castle

The siege of Kaminogō Castle was a battle in 1562, during the Sengoku period (16th century) of Japan. Kaminogō Castle was an Imagawa clan outpost located in eastern Aichi Prefecture, in what is now the town of Gamagōri.

Siege of Kaminogō Castle
Part of Tokugawa Ieyasu's revolt against Imagawa
Date1562
Location
Gamagōri, Aichi
Result Matsudaira victory
Belligerents
Matsudaira forces Imagawa forces
Commanders and leaders
Matsudaira Motoyasu
Hattori Hanzō
Ishikawa Kazumasa		 Udono Nagateru

With the help of his ninja vassal Hattori Hanzō, Matsudaira Motoyasu (later known as Tokugawa Ieyasu) laid siege to and stormed the castle. The Matsudaira force captured the castle from Udono Nagateru, a general of the Imagawa. Hanzō saves the daughters of Tokugawa Ieyasu from the Kaminogo castle with a small group of ninjas and also captures many high-ranking members of the Imagawa clan.

Motoyasu ordered Ishikawa Kazumasa as guardian of the Imagawa family, when Ieyasu managed to convince Imagawa Ujizane to release his family. Motoyasu obtained many useful hostages to use against the Imagawa, who were then in possession of his own family.[1]

References
  1. Bottomley, Ian (2005). Shogun : the life of Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu. Royal Armouries Museum. Leeds, U.K.: Royal Armouries. p. 12. ISBN 0-948092-58-0. OCLC 63666433.
  • The Samurai Sourcebook
  • Turnbull: Ninja AD 1460–1650, p44.


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