The siege of Ueda was staged in 1600 by Tokugawa Hidetada, son and heir of the warlord Tokugawa Ieyasu, against Ueda castle garrison in Shinano province, which was controlled by the Sanada family.

Siege of Ueda
Part of the Sengoku period
Date1600
Location36°24′14.76″N 138°14′38.40″E / 36.4041000°N 138.2440000°E / 36.4041000; 138.2440000
Result Sanada clan garrison victory
Territorial
changes
Siege abandoned
Belligerents
Forces of Tokugawa clan Forces of Sanada clan
Commanders and leaders
Tokugawa Hidetada
Sakakibara Yasumasa
Honda Masanobu
Sengoku Hidehisa
Okudaira Nobumasa
Ōkubo Tadachika
Koriki Tadafusa
Sanada Masayuki
Sanada Yukimura
Strength
38,000 2,000
Siege of Ueda is located in Nagano Prefecture
Siege of Ueda
Location within Nagano Prefecture
Siege of Ueda is located in Japan
Siege of Ueda
Siege of Ueda (Japan)

Hidetada came across the castle as he marched his army along the Nakasendō (central mountain road) from Edo to rendezvous with his father's forces. Sanada Masayuki resisted, and Sanada Yukimura, second son of Masayuki, was able to fight Hidetada's 38,000 men with only 2,000. However, when the castle did not fall as quickly as Hidetada had hoped and expected, he gave up and abandoned the siege and hurried to meet up with his father. As a result of this delay, Hidetada missed the battle of Sekigahara, the decisive victory in his father's unification of Japan.

References

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  • Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.