Siege of Kagoshima

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Siege of Kagoshima

Part of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Kyūshū Campaign

Date	1587
Location	Kagoshima, Satsuma Province, Japan
Result	Toyotomi Hideyoshi victory through negotiation
Territorial changes	Satsuma (and most of Kyūshū) falls to Hideyoshi

Belligerents

Forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Forces of the Shimazu family

Commanders

Hashiba Hidenaga, Katō Kiyomasa, Fukushima Masanori, Kuroda Yoshitaka

Unknown

Strength

60,000

Unknown

Campaigns of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Kōzuki Castle – Itami – Miki – Tottori – Takamatsu – Yamazaki – Uchidehama – Shizugatake – Komaki and Nagakute – Kaganoi – Takehana – Kanie – Toyama – Negoro-ji – Ōta Castle – Shikoku & Ichinomiya – Takajō – Ganjaku – Akizuki – Sendaigawa – Kagoshima – Hachigata – Odawara – Shimoda – Korea

The 1587 siege of Kagoshima took place during Japan's Sengoku period, and was the last stand of the Shimazu family against the forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. This was the final battle in Hideyoshi's campaign to take Kyūshū.

Following the Shimazu defeat at Sendaigawa, the Shimazu then retreated to their home castle of Kagoshima. Hideyoshi's forces numbering roughly 60,000, then made a landing, having set off from Akune. Under the leadership of Hashiba Hidenaga, Fukushima Masanori, Katō Kiyomasa and Kuroda Yoshitaka, they then surrounded the city. The land-based divisions, which were not on the boats from Akune, had traversed the volcanic valleys defending the city with the help of local monks.

In the end, however, no fighting took place, as the Shimazu surrendered.