Siege of Tanabe
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.
Siege of Tanabe | |||||||
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Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Forces loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu | Forces loyal to Ishida Mitsunari | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Hosokawa Fujitaka | Onoki Shigekatsu | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
500 | 15,000 |
Tanabe castle was held by Hosokawa Tadaoki, and by his mother Numata Jakō who defended the castle walls. 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.
- Bryant, Anthony J (1995). 'Sekigahara 1600 - The final struggle for power', London: Osprey Publishing.
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