The Uesugi side fought the battles to retake the territories of local land owners in the northern Shinano area, and the Takeda side to conquer the northern Shinano area and to advance into Echigo.
戦いは、上杉氏側が北信濃の与力豪族領の奪回を、武田氏側が北信濃の攻略と越後進出を目的とした。