Battle of Numajiri

Battle of Numajiri
Part of the Sengoku period
Date1584
Location
Hitachi Province, Japan
Result Satake clan victory
Belligerents
Later Hōjō clan Satake clan
Yuki clan
Utsunomiya clan
Commanders and leaders
Hojo Ujinao
Hojo Ujiteru		 Satake Yoshishige
Utsunomiya Kunituna
Strength
80,000 troops 20,000 men

The Battle of Numajiri (ぬまじりのかっせん) took place between May and August of 1584 (Tenshō 12), fought between the Later Hōjō clan’s forces and the allied armies of the Satake and Utsunomiya clans.

The most remarkable feature of this battle is that—if the historical sources are to be trusted—the Northern Kantō allied forces prepared more than 8,000 matchlock guns, which at the time were the latest weaponry. This number exceeds even the famous Battle of Nagashino, where Oda Nobunaga is said to have mobilized about 3,000 guns.

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