Battle of Kōnodai (1564)

In the second Battle of Kōnodai, fought in 1564, Hōjō Ujiyasu led his men to victory against Satomi Yoshihiro. Both Ujiyasu and Yoshihiro were the sons of the commanders at the first battle of Kōnodai, in which Hōjō Ujitsuna defeated the combined forces of Satomi Yoshitaka and Ashikaga Yoshiaki (Oyumi).[1]

2nd Battle of Kōnodai
Part of the Sengoku period
Date1564
Location35°45′37.0″N 139°53′42.4″E / 35.760278°N 139.895111°E / 35.760278; 139.895111
Result Decisive Hōjō victory
Belligerents
forces of Hōjō Ujiyasu forces of Satomi Yoshihiro
Commanders and leaders
Hōjō Ujiyasu
Hōjō Ujimasa
Hōjō Tsunashige
Hōjō Ujiteru
Satomi Yoshihiro
Satomi Chokuro 
Ōta Sukemasa
Strength
20,000 8,000
Battle of Kōnodai (1564) is located in Chiba Prefecture
Battle of Kōnodai (1564)
Location within Chiba Prefecture
Battle of Kōnodai (1564) is located in Japan
Battle of Kōnodai (1564)
Battle of Kōnodai (1564) (Japan)

Battle

edit

Outnumbered 20,000 to 8,000, Satomi fell back when the Hōjō vanguard advanced. But this was a feint, and an attempt to draw his enemy into a trap. However, Hōjō Ujiyasu expected a trap of this sort, and had sent his son, Ujimasa, with a small force to attack the Satomi rear, surrounding, and later Ujiyasu defeated Yoshihiro. In the ensuing battle, Satomi Yoshihiro saw his son, Chokuro, killed by Matsuda Yasuyoshi, a Hōjō retainer.

Aftermath

edit

Hōjō Ujiyasu celebrated his victory with a poem:

Conquering the foe
As I wished at Kōnodai
Now do I behold
The evening sunshine of Katsuura

After the battle, Matsuda Yasuyoshi who kill Yoshihiro son, feeling remorse at killing such a young boy, later Matsuda entered the monk.

Notes

edit
  1. ^ "国府台城(読み)こうのだいじょう 日本の城がわかる事典「国府台城」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 26 October 2021.

References

edit
  • Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
  • Turnbull, Stephen (2002). 'War in Japan: 1467-1615'. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.