Battle of Ozawahara

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 fifteen years old. He faced Uesugi Tomooki. 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. It ended with a Hojo victory.

Battle of Ozawahara
Part of the Sengoku period
Date 1530 Location Ozawahara, Musashi Province, Japan Result Hojo victory
Belligerents
forces of the Hōjō clan	forces of the Uesugi clan
Commanders and leaders
Hōjō Ujiyasu	Uesugi Tomooki

References

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