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Siege of Hachigata (1590)

Date	1590
Location	Hachigata Castle, Sagami province, Japan 36°06′33″N 139°11′46″E / 36.1092°N 139.196°E / 36.1092; 139.196Coordinates: 36°06′33″N 139°11′46″E / 36.1092°N 139.196°E / 36.1092; 139.196
Result	Toyotomi victory

Belligerents

Forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Hōjō clan forces

Commanders

Maeda Toshiie, Uesugi Kagekatsu

Hōjō Ujikuni

Strength

35,000

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 – Oshi – Korea

Campaigns of the Hōjō

Arai – Edo – Nashinokidaira – Kamakura – Ozawahara – Musashi-Matsuyama 1537 – Kōnodai 1538 – Kawagoe – Odawara 1561 – Musashi-Matsuyama 1563 – Kōnodai 1564 – Hachigata 1568 – Odawara 1569 – Mimasetoge – Kanbara – Nirayama – Fukazawa – Omosu – Kanagawa – Hachigata 1590 – Odawara 1590 – Shimoda – Oshi

The 1590 siege of Hachigata was the penultimate battle of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaigns against the Hōjō clan, during Japan's Sengoku period. Hachigata was one of the last major fortresses of the Hōjō, whose opposition in the Kantō region Hideyoshi sought to eliminate, having already subjugated all of Western Japan.

The besieging force of 35,000 men was led by Maeda Toshiie and Uesugi Kagekatsu. The Hōjō garrison under the command of Hōjō Ujikuni held out for over a month before the castle fell.

References

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

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Siege of Hachigata

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