Siege of Hachigata (1590)

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Siege of Hachigata (1590)
Part of the Sengoku period
Date 1590 Location near Odawara castle, Sagami province, Japan Result Toyotomi victory
Combatants
Forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi	Hōjō clan forces
Commanders
Maeda Toshiie, Uesugi Kagekatsu	Hōjō Ujikuni
Strength
35,000	Unknown

Campaigns of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Kōzuki – Itami – Miki – Tottori – Takamatsu – Yamazaki – Uchide-hama – Shizugatake – Komaki – Nagakute – Kaganoi – Takehana – Kanie – Toyama – Negoroji – Ōta Castle – Shikoku & Ichinomiya – Takajō – Ganjaku – Akizuki – Sendaigawa – Kagoshima – Hachigata – Odawara – Shimoda – Korea

Campaigns of the Hōjō
Arai - Edo - Nashinokidaira - Kamakura - Ozawahara - Musashi-Matsuyama 1537 - Kōnodai 1538 - Kawagoe - Odawara 1561 - Musashi-Matsuyama 1563 - Kōnodai 1564 - Hachigata 1568 - Odawara 1569 - Mimasetoge - Kanbara - Nirayama - Fukazawa - Omosu - Kanagawa - Hachigata 1590 - Odawara 1590 - Shimoda - Oshi

The 1590 siege of Hachigata was the penultimate battle of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaigns against the Hōjō clan, during Japan's Sengoku period. Hachigata was one of the last major fortresses of the Hōjō, whose opposition in the Kantō region Hideyoshi sought to eliminate, having already subjugated all of Western Japan.

The besieging force of 35,000 men was led by Maeda Toshiie and Uesugi Kagekatsu. The Hōjō garrison under the command of Hōjō Ujikuni held out for over a month before the castle fell.

[edit] Reference

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

[edit] See also

• Siege of Hachigata (1568)