Siege of Tanabe

Part of the Sengoku period

Date	1600
Location	Tanabe castle, on the Kii Peninsula, Japan
Result	Western army victory

Belligerents

Forces loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu

Forces loyal to Ishida Mitsunari

Commanders and leaders

Hosokawa Tadaoki

Unknown

Sekigahara Campaign

Ueda Fushimi Ōtsu Shiroishi Hataya Kaminoyama Hasedō Tanabe Kuisegawa Sekigahara Minakuchi Udo Yanagawa

The 1600 siege of Tanabe was one of a number of battles which took place in parallel to the more influential series of battles known as the Sekigahara Campaign which led to the unification of Japan under Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Tanabe castle was held by Hosokawa Tadaoki, a revered scholar loyal to the Tokugawa. It is said that, due to the respect they held for Hosokawa, the besieging army was somewhat slower and less effective than they might have been otherwise, and in the end the battle served to tie up these Western Army (anti-Tokugawa) contingents, preventing them from being present at Sekigahara.

References

Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co. p252.

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