Hōjō Ujiyasu

Hōjō Ujiyasu
Hōjō Ujiyasu
北条氏康
	Painting of Hōjō Ujiyasu
Head of Later Hōjō clan
	In office; 1541–1559
Preceded by	Hōjō Ujitsuna
Succeeded by	Hōjō Ujimasa
Personal details
Born	Chiyomaru; 1515; Odawara Castle, Sagami Province, Japan
Died	October 21, 1571 (aged 55–56); Odawara Castle, Sagami Province, Japan
Spouse	Zuikei-in
Children	Lady Hayakawa; Hojo Masako; Hōjō Ujimasa; Hōjō Ujiteru; Hōjō Ujikuni; Hōjō Ujinori; Uesugi Kagetora
Parents	Hōjō Ujitsuna (father); Yōjuin-dono (mother);
Relatives	Hōjō Genan (uncle); Hōjō Tsunashige (brother in law); Imagawa Yoshimoto (brother-in-law)
Nickname	"Lion of Sagami"
Military service
Allegiance	Later Hōjō clan
Rank	Daimyō (warlord)
Unit	Later Hōjō clan
Commands	Odawara Castle
Battles/wars	Battle of Ozawahara (1530); Siege of Kawagoe (1545); Siege of Hirai Castle (1551); Siege of Odawara (1561); Siege of Iwatsuki (1561); Siege of Matsuyama (1563); Battle of Kōnodai (1564); Battle of Numajiri (1567); Siege of Odawara (1569);

Hōjō Ujiyasu (北条氏康; 1515 – October 21, 1571) was a daimyō (warlord) and third head of the Odawara Hōjō clan. Known as the "Lion of Sagami", he was revered as a fearsome samurai and a cunning man. He is famous for his strategies of breaking the siege from Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin. A son of Hōjō Ujitsuna (北条氏綱), his only known wife was Imagawa Yoshimoto's sister, Zuikei-in. Among his sons are Hōjō Ujimasa and Uesugi Kagetora.