Battle of Kawanakajima

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Sengoku period battle battle military conflict

The Battle of Kawanakajima was a series of famous 16th-century clashes in Japan between warlords Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin, celebrated as one of the most iconic conflicts of the Sengoku period.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Kawanakajima canonical 4
Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima 2
1561 Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sengoku period battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
commandedBy Takeda Shingen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uesugi Kenshin NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedBy historical reenactments in Nagano ⓘ
conflictBetween Takeda clan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uesugi clan NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
culturalSignificance iconic conflict of the Sengoku period ⓘ
date 1553 ⓘ
1555 ⓘ
1557 ⓘ
1561 ⓘ
1564 ⓘ
depictedIn Japanese literature ⓘ
jidaigeki films ⓘ
kabuki plays ⓘ
ukiyo-e prints ⓘ
endTime 1564 ⓘ
era Sengoku period NERFINISHED ⓘ
foughtBetween Takeda Shingen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uesugi Kenshin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCasualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
hasParticipant Takeda Shingen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Takeda clan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uesugi Kenshin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uesugi clan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Kawanakajima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shinano Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
present-day Nagano Prefecture ⓘ
mostFamousEngagement Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima NERFINISHED ⓘ
mostFamousEngagementDate 1561 ⓘ
notableEngagement Fifth Battle of Kawanakajima NERFINISHED ⓘ
First Battle of Kawanakajima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Battle of Kawanakajima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Third Battle of Kawanakajima NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor intense cavalry and infantry combat ⓘ
legendary single combat between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin ⓘ
tactical maneuvers and feints ⓘ
numberOfEngagements 5 ⓘ
opponentOf Takeda Shingen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uesugi Kenshin NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Sengoku period NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Chūbu region NERFINISHED ⓘ
result inconclusive ⓘ
startTime 1553 ⓘ
strategicObjective control of Shinano Province ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uesugi Festival → relatedTo → Battle of Kawanakajima ⓘ
Uesugi clan → notableBattle → Battle of Kawanakajima ⓘ
Uesugi Kenshin → notableFor → Battle of Kawanakajima ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battles of Kawanakajima
Uesugi Kenshin → battle → Battle of Kawanakajima ⓘ
Uesugi Kenshin → battle → Battle of Kawanakajima ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima
Uesugi Kenshin → yearOfBattle → Battle of Kawanakajima ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1561 Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima
Takeda Shingen → notableBattle → Battle of Kawanakajima ⓘ
Kawanakajima campaigns → notableBattle → Battle of Kawanakajima ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Battle of Kawanakajima
Kawanakajima campaigns → notableBattle → Battle of Kawanakajima ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Battle of Kawanakajima
Kawanakajima campaigns → notableBattle → Battle of Kawanakajima ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third Battle of Kawanakajima
Kawanakajima campaigns → notableBattle → Battle of Kawanakajima ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima
Kawanakajima campaigns → notableBattle → Battle of Kawanakajima ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fifth Battle of Kawanakajima