Siege of Arai
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| Siege of Arai | |||||||
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| Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| garrison of Miura Yoshiatsu | forces of the Hōjō clan | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Miura Yoshiatsu | Hōjō Soun | ||||||
| Campaigns of the Hōjō |
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| Arai - Edo - Nashinokidara - Kamakura - Ozawahara - Musashi-Matsuyama 1537 - Kōnodai 1538 - Kawagoe - Odawara 1561 - Musashi-Matsuyama 1563 - Kōnodai 1564 - Mifunedai - Hachigata 1568 - Odawara 1569 - Mimasetoge - Kanbara - Nirayama - Fukazawa - Omosu - Kanagawa - Hachigata 1590 - Odawara 1590 - Shimoda - Oshi |
The 1516 siege of Arai was among the first steps taken by Hōjō Soun towards becoming one of the most powerful warlords of Japan's Sengoku period. After attacking Kamakura in 1512, Hōjō turned to Arai castle, on a peninsula to the south, which was controlled by Miura Yoshiatsu.
Miura Yoshiatsu's son Yoshimoto, believing defeat to be inevitable, took his own life by chopping off his own head.
