Battle of Kōnodai (1564)

2nd Battle of Kōnodai
	Part of the Sengoku period
Date	1564
Location	Kōnodai, Shimōsa Province35°45′37.0″N 139°53′42.4″E
Result	Decisive Hōjō victory
Belligerents
forces of Hōjō Ujiyasu	forces of Satomi Yoshihiro
Commanders and leaders
Hōjō Ujiyasu; Hōjō Ujimasa; Hōjō Tsunashige; Hōjō Ujiteru	Satomi Yoshihiro; Satomi Chokuro †; Ōta Sukemasa
Strength
20,000	8,000
	Location within Chiba Prefecture Battle of Kōnodai (1564) (Japan)

In the second Battle of Kōnodai, fought in 1564, Hōjō Ujiyasu led his men to victory against Satomi Yoshihiro. Both Ujiyasu and Yoshihiro were the sons of the commanders at the first battle of Kōnodai, in which Hōjō Ujitsuna defeated the combined forces of Satomi Yoshitaka and Ashikaga Yoshiaki (Oyumi).[1]

Battle

Outnumbered 20,000 to 8,000, Satomi fell back when the Hōjō vanguard advanced. But this was a feint, and an attempt to draw his enemy into a trap. However, Hōjō Ujiyasu expected a trap of this sort, and had sent his son, Ujimasa, with a small force to attack the Satomi rear, surrounding, and later Ujiyasu defeated Yoshihiro. In the ensuing battle, Satomi Yoshihiro saw his son, Chokuro, killed by Matsuda Yasuyoshi, a Hōjō retainer.

Aftermath

Hōjō Ujiyasu celebrated his victory with a poem:

Conquering the foe

As I wished at Kōnodai

Now do I behold

The evening sunshine of Katsuura

After the battle, Matsuda Yasuyoshi who kill Yoshihiro son, feeling remorse at killing such a young boy, later Matsuda entered the clergy.

Notes

"国府台城（読み）こうのだいじょう日本の城がわかる事典「国府台城」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 26 October 2021.

References

Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
Turnbull, Stephen (2002). 'War in Japan: 1467-1615'. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.

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[1] "国府台城（読み）こうのだいじょう日本の城がわかる事典「国府台城」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 26 October 2021.