Siege of Tottori

Siege of Tottori
Part of the Sengoku period
DateMay 1581
Location35°30′26.64″N 134°14′24.00″E / 35.5074000°N 134.2400000°E / 35.5074000; 134.2400000
Result Hideyoshi victory
Territorial
changes
Castle falls to Oda clan
Belligerents
Forces of Oda Nobunaga Forces of Mōri clan
Commanders and leaders
Hashiba Hideyoshi
Hachisuka Koroku
Kuroda Kanbei
Kato Kiyomasa
Ishida Mitsunari
Yamana Toyokuni Surrendered
Kikkawa Tsuneie 
Siege of Tottori is located in Tottori Prefecture
Siege of Tottori
Location within Tottori Prefecture
Siege of Tottori is located in Japan
Siege of Tottori
Siege of Tottori (Japan)

The siege of Tottori Castle occurred in 1581 and was part of Oda Nobunaga's campaign to consolidate his power in western Honshu in an effort to unite Japan during the late 16th century. The siege was fought between Hashiba Hideyoshi, an Oda clan general, against a garrison under an ally of the Mōri clan.

It is a case in which starvation tactics were successfully used in a Sengoku Period siege. The siege lasted up to 200 days, when Kikkawa Tsuneie committed suicide to save his men from cannibalism.[1]

  1. ^ Turnbull, Stephen (2000). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & C0. p. 231. ISBN 1854095234.

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