The Battle of Ozawahara (Japanese: 小沢原の戦い) was fought in 1530 in the present day Asao, Kawasaki, Kanagawa. This was the first battle for Hōjō Ujiyasu, then sixteen years old.[1]

Battle of Ozawahara
Part of the Sengoku period
Date1530
Location35°35′37.3″N 139°30′9.4″E / 35.593694°N 139.502611°E / 35.593694; 139.502611
Result Hojo victory
Belligerents
forces of the Hōjō clan forces of the Uesugi clan
Commanders and leaders
Hōjō Ujiyasu Uesugi Tomooki
Battle of Ozawahara is located in Kanagawa Prefecture
Battle of Ozawahara
Location within Kanagawa Prefecture
Battle of Ozawahara is located in Japan
Battle of Ozawahara
Battle of Ozawahara (Japan)

Ujiyasu faced Uesugi Tomooki at Ozawahara in Musashi Province. The battle was part of a seventeen-year struggle between the Hōjō clan and the Uesugi clan for control of the Kantō region which began with the 1524 Siege of Edo. The battle ended with a Hōjō victory.

References

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  1. ^ "三代氏康と合戦" (in Japanese). Odawara city official. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  • Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.