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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
Kawagoe Castle 1546 Scenario#: 9     Date: 19 May, 1546     Location: Kawagoe Castle, Musashi Province, Japan In 1545-1546 Uesugi Tomomasa, With the assistance of his powerful relative Uesugi Norimasa and the Kamukura shogun, Ashikaga Haruuji, besieged the strategically important Kawagoe Castle, then held by the Hojo clan. Despite an overwhelming attacking… Samurai Battles
Tedorigawa 1577 Scenario#: 32     Date: 3 November 1577     Location: Tedori River, Kaga Province, Japan Uesugi Kenshin invaded Noto province in the fall of 1577, prompting Oda Nobunaga to dispatch a sizable army to the relief of his allies at Nanao castle. Kenshin was initally hesitant to face the great host, but before the Oda … Samurai Battles