Siege of Shigisan

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Siege of Shigisan
Part of the Sengoku period
Date 1577 Location Shigisan castle, Japan Result Siege succeeds; Oda victory Territorial changes Shigisan falls to Oda Nobunaga
Belligerents
Forces of Oda Nobunaga	Shikizan castle garrison
Commanders
Oda Nobutada, Tsutsui Junkei	Matsunaga Hisahide, Matsunaga Kojirō

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 1577 siege of Shigisan (信貴山の合戦, Shigisan no kassen^?) was one of many sieges during Oda Nobunaga's campaigns to consolidate his power in the Kansai area. The castle was held by Matsunaga Hisahide and his son Kojirō, both of whom committed suicide upon their defeat. Supposedly, following his father's seppuku, Kojirō leapt from the castle walls, with his father's head in his hand, and his sword through his own throat. Hisahide, a master of tea ceremony is also said to have smashed his favorite tea bowl so that it would not fall into the hands of his enemies.

[edit] References

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