Siege of Suemori

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Siege of Suemori

Date	1584
Location	Noto province
Result	Toyotomi victory

Combatants

Sasa forces

Toyotomi forces

Commanders

Sasa Narimasa

Maeda Toshiie, Okamura Sukie'mon

Strength

15,000

The Siege of Suemori the Siege of Suemori was a battle during the Azuchi-Momoyama period (16th century) of Japan.

At the time of the Komaki Campaign, and the Battle of Nagakute, Sasa Narimasa had sided against Toyotomi Hideyoshi, while his former companion, Maeda Toshiie stook strongly with the Toyotomi. Narimasa and Toshiie came to their blows by battleing at the castle of Suemori. Narimasa had laid siege to the Suemori castle during the 9th of October with the strength of 15,000 men. Okamura Sukie'mon, along with his wife, had defended the castle to their fullest extent. The garrison soon become very desperate, in which Toshiie arrived after the middle of the night had come about, defeating the forces of Narimasa with his relief force. Throught this action on the part of Toshiie, he became established as the most powerful of daimyo within that region of Japan.