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Arita Castle 1517 - Phase 1 Takeda Vanguard Scenario#: 2 Date: October, 1517 Location: Aki Province, Japan When the head of the Mori Clan died suddenly, Takeda Motoshige saw the opportunity to advance into Mori territory and capture Arita Castle. Provoked into action, Motonari, just a young man of 20 years, mobilized the Mori clan and set … Samurai Battles
Arita Castle 1517 - Phase 2 Matauchi River Scenario#: 3 Date: October, 1517 Location: Aki Province, Japan Takeda Mutushige, learning of the fate of Motonao, marched to the Matauchi River and found Motonari and his allies on the opposite bank. Although outnumbered, Motonari decided to attack and sent half his men across the river while a small … Samurai Battles
Fourth Kawanakajima 1561 - Phase 1 Uesugi Vanguard Attacks Scenario#: 13 Date: September 1561 Location: Kawanakajima, Shinano Province, Japan The battles of Kawanakajima is the story of two powerful clans, each at the limits of their geographical power, but neither clan in the first three battles were willing to commit and therefore resulted in indecisive encounters. In 1561, Uesugi … Samurai Battles
Fourth Kawanakajima 1561 - Phase 2 Yamamoto Kansuke Charge Scenario#: 14 Date: September 1561 Location: Kawanakajima, Shinano Province, Japan As the battle developed, the Uesugi troops were deployed in a “Winding Wheel” formation as their forces advanced. This tactical formation allowed their front line units to be replaced by fresh troops as the forces moved forward. While the Takeda … Samurai Battles
Fourth Kawanakajima 1561 - Phase 3 Attack against Takeda Command Tent Scenario#: 15 Date: September 1561 Location: Kawanakajima, Shinano Province, Japan The Uesugi troops had pushed forward and were in sight of Takeda Shingen*s command tent. Shingen, unaware the enemy was so close, had been directing the battle when his headquarters and bodyguard were attacked. Not having time to draw his … Samurai Battles
Fourth Kawanakajima 1561 - Phase 4 Fords of Amenomiya Scenario#: 16 Date: September 1561 Location: Kawanakajima, Shinano Province, Japan Through the night the flanking force of “Operation Woodpecker" under the command of Kosaka had ascended Mt. Saijo only to find that the Uesugi troops had abandoned the position. Hearing the sound of battle, Kosaka quickly moved to the fords … Samurai Battles
Fourth Kawanakajima 1561 - Phase 5 Takeda Pincer Attack Scenario#: 17 Date: September 1561 Location: Kawanakajima, Shinano Province, Japan By midday Kosaka's flanking force was across the Chikumagawa and charged into the rear of the Uesugi army. Caught between Kosaka from the rear and Shingen, who had reformed the Takeda battle line, to their front, the Uesugi army began … Samurai Battles
Mikata-Ga-Hara 1572 Scenario#: 25 Date: 25 January 1573 Location: Mikatagahara, Tōtōmi Province, Japan By 1572 Takeda Shingen was at the height of his power largely due to his superb Samurai cavalry. Although Tokugawa Ieysu was not his greatest threat, Ieysu would not grant the Takeda army right of passage to attack elsewhere. Shingen … Samurai Battles
Mimasetoge 1569 Scenario#: 20 Date: 1569 Location: Mimase Pass, Sagami Province, Japan Catching the Hojo totally unprepared, the Takeda invasion was swift and the Hojo base ot Odawara was surrounded. The enemy, however, refused to fight outside the fortress and Takeda Shingen, not ready for a siege ordered a retreat. Hojo Ujikunia … Samurai Battles
Nagashino 1575 - Battle Overview Scenario#: 28 Date: 28 June 1575 Location: Nagashino Castle, Mikawa, Honshu, Japan In the summer of 1575, Takeda Katsuyori led his army into the Tokugawa domain and besieged Nagashino Castle. Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu led a combined army to relieve the siege. They established their position on the plain of Shitirabara. … Samurai Battles
Nagashino 1575 - Takeda Center Attack Scenario#: 29 Date: 28 June 1575 Location: Nagashino Castle, Mikawa, Honshu, Japan Even though Takeda Katsuyori was faced with a numerically superior enemy force, Katsuyori, over the objections of his veteran commanders, opted to attack. Wary of the Takeda cavalry charge, Oda Nobunaga constructed wooden palisades, interspersed with… Samurai Battles
Nagashino 1575 - Takeda Left Attack Scenario#: 31 Date: 28 June 1575 Location: Nagashino Castle, Mikawa, Honshu, Japan The extreme right of the Oda-Tokugawa army was not protected by wooden palisades, as were the center and left. So when Yamagata Masakage and Hera Masatane charged forward it became one huge melee. Although Yamagata Masakage was skilled in combat, … Samurai Battles
Nagashino 1575 - Takeda Right Attack Scenario#: 30 Date: 28 June 1575 Location: Nagashino Castle, Mikawa, Honshu, Japan On the right, when Baba Nobuharu's attack force emerged from the forest, he also saw an opportunity to defeat his enemies and ordered his cavalry to charge. But because of the forested hill to his light, he could not outflank … Samurai Battles
The Ravine Near Saigadake 1572 Scenario#: 26 Date: 25 January 1573 Location: Hamamatsu Castle, Japan After his retreat to Hamamatsu castle, the Takeda army leaders suspected a trick and did not attack the castle, when they saw the open castle gate, light of the fires and heard the Tokugawa drums. The army, instead, pulled back … Samurai Battles