Siege of Itami (1574)

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Siege of Itami (1574)
Part of the Sengoku period
Date 1574
Location Itami castle
Result Oda Nobunaga victory
Combatants
Forces of Oda Nobunaga Castle garrison
Commanders
Oda Nobunaga Lord Itami
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

The 1574 siege of Itami was the first time Itami castle would be attacked. Oda Nobunaga attacked the castle by digging a tunnel under the walls. Araki Murashige was then given the castle.

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[edit] Reference

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