Siege of Chōkō-ji

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Siege of Chōkōji
Part of the Sengoku period
Date 1570 Location Chōkōji Castle, Ōmi Province Result Siege lifted.
Belligerents
Forces of Rokkaku Yoshisuke	Forces of Oda Nobunaga
Commanders
Rokkaku Yoshisuke	Shibata Katsuie

Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga Okehazama - Azukizaka - Chōkō-ji - Kanegasaki - Anegawa - Ishiyama Hongan-ji - Mount Hiei - Nagashima - Mikatagahara - Hikida Castle - Odani Castle - Ichijōdani Castle - Itami - Nagashino - Mitsuji - Kizugawaguchi - Shigisan - Tedorigawa - Hijiyama - Temmokuzan - Uozu - Honnō-ji

Chōkō-ji (長興寺, Chōkō-ji^?) was a temple captured by Oda Nobunaga from the Rokkaku clan. The Rokkaku tried to take it back in 1570 by cutting off the water supply and placing it under siege. Shibata Katsuie, the commander entrusted with defending the temple, led his forces in sallying out of the temple to face the besiegers, succeeding in the end.

[edit] References

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