Battle of Un no Kuchi | |||||||
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Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Forces of Hiraga Genshin | Takeda clan | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Hiraga Genshin † |
Takeda Nobutora Takeda Harunobu | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Over 1,000 | 8,000[1] | ||||||
The Battle of Un no Kuchi (referred to in Japanese as 海ノ口城, un no kuchi jou, literally Un no Kuchi Castle) in 1536 was the first major victory for Takeda Harunobu, aged fifteen at the time. He would later take on the name Takeda Shingen, and grow to become one of Japan's most famous warlords.