Seige of Futamata

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The Siege of Futamata took place in 1572. The castle is on a cliff above the Tenryū river. The defenders got water from the river by lowering buckets into the river from a protected tower. The castle was owned by the Tokugawa and besieged by Takeda Katsuyori. Katsuyori floated large, unmanned rafts down the river and into the tower. These weakened the tower enough that it eventually collapsed, depriving the defenders of their water supply. The defenders surrendered soon after.

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