Siege of Tottori

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Siege of Tottori

Date	May 1581
Location	Tottori Castle, in present-day Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Result	Siege succeeds
Territorial changes	Castle falls to Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Belligerents

forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

forces of Kikkawa Tsuneie

Commanders

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Kikkawa Tsuneie

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 siege of Tottori castle in 1581 is one of the few in which starvation tactics were used to a successful completion of the siege. The forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi cut the castle's supplies and surrounded it for 200 days. The siege ended when the lord of the castle, Kikkawa Tsuneie, surrendered and committed suicide.