Battle of Uedahara

Battle of Uedahara
Part of the Sengoku period

Uedahara today
DateFebruary 14, 1548
Location36°23′44.5″N 138°12′47.9″E / 36.395694°N 138.213306°E / 36.395694; 138.213306
Result Murakami victory
Belligerents
Takeda clan Murakami clan [ja]
Commanders and leaders
Takeda Shingen
Itagaki Nobukata 
Amari Torayasu 
Hajikano Den'emon 
Murakami Yoshikiyo
Strength
7,000 3,000
Casualties and losses
700 men 120
Battle of Uedahara is located in Nagano Prefecture
Battle of Uedahara
Location within Nagano Prefecture
Battle of Uedahara is located in Japan
Battle of Uedahara
Battle of Uedahara (Japan)

The Battle of Uedahara (上田原の戦い) was the first defeat suffered by Takeda Shingen,[1] and the first field battle in Japan in which firearms were used. It took place in Shinano Province or the modern-day Nagano Prefecture.[2]

  1. ^ Turnbull, Stephen (2013). Kawanakajima 1553–64: Samurai power struggle. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. pp. 27, 30. ISBN 9781846036521.
  2. ^ Turnbull, Stephen (2019). Samurai vs Ashigaru: Japan 1543–75. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-4728-3242-9.