Siege of Itami (1574)

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Siege of Itami (1574)
Part of the Sengoku period
Date 1574 Location Itami castle Result Oda Nobunaga victory
Belligerents
Forces of Oda Nobunaga	Castle garrison
Commanders
Oda Nobunaga	Lord Itami

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

The 1574 siege of Itami (伊丹の戦い, Itami no Tatakai^?) was the first time Itami Castle would be attacked. Oda Nobunaga attacked the castle by digging a tunnel under the walls. Araki Murashige was then given the castle.

[edit] See also

• Siege of Itami (1579)

[edit] References

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