Siege of Chōkōji

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Siege of Chōkōji
Part of the Sengoku period
Date 1570
Location Chōkōji Castle, Omi Province
Result Siege lifted.
Combatants
Forces of Rokkaku Yoshisuke Forces of Oda Nobunaga
Commanders
Rokkaku Yoshisuke Shibata Katsuie
Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga
Okehazama - Azukizaka - Chōkōji - Kanagasaki - Anegawa - Ishiyama Hongan-ji - Mount Hiei - Nagashima - Mikata ga Hara - Hikida - Odani - Ichijō ga dani - Itami - Nagashino - Mitsuji - Kizugawaguchi - Shigisan - Tedorigawa - Hijiyama - Temmokuzan - Uzu - Honnōji

Chōkōji was a castle captured by Oda Nobunaga from the Rokkaku (Sasaki) family. The Rokkaku tried to take it back in 1570, cutting off the water supply, and placing the castle under siege. Shibata Katsuie, the commander entrusted with defending the castle led his forces in sallying out of the castle to face the besiegers, succeeding in the end.

[edit] Reference

  • Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.