Siege of Mitsuji

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Siege of Mitsuji
Part of the Sengoku period
Date May 1576
Location
Result Ikkō-ikki victory
Combatants
Ikkō-ikki Forces of Oda Nobunaga
Commanders
Various/Unknown Harada Naomasa, Oda Nobunaga
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 1576 siege of Mitsuji was part of the eleven-year siege of Ishiyama Honganji. The Ikkō-ikki, a group of warrior monks and peasants, controlled the fortress and stood as one of the primary obstacles to Oda Nobunaga's bid for power.

In May 1576, Nobunaga personally took part in an attack on the fortress. He led a number of ashigaru (foot soldiers) in pushing back the Ikki garrison to their inner gates. However, the Ikki were expert gunners, forcing Nobunaga to withdraw. Nobunaga suffered a bullet wound to his leg, and lost one of his generals, Harada Naomasa.


[edit] Reference

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