Siege of Mount Hiei | |||||||
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Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||
![]() Nobunaga forces setting fire to Enryaku-ji and massacring the monks (depiction in the Ehon taikōki) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Forces of Oda Nobunaga | Sōhei of Mt. Hiei | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Oda Nobunaga Sakuma Nobumori Akechi Mitsuhide Ikeda Tsuneoki Niwa Nagahide Kawajiri Hidetaka | Various monk leaders | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
30,000 | 4,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
300 |
Unknown number of buildings 1,500-4,000 people |
The siege of Mount Hiei was a battle of the Sengoku period of Japan fought between Oda Nobunaga and the sōhei (warrior monks) of the monasteries of Mount Hiei near Kyoto on September 30, 1571. It is said that Oda Nobunaga killed all the monks, scholars, priests, woman and children that lived on the mountain in this battle. However, recent excavations have pointed out that many of the facilities may have been abolished before this and the destruction was less than some historical sources indicate.[1]
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