Siege of Kurokawa Castle

Siege of Kurokawa Castle
	Part of Date supremacy over Ashina
Date	1589
Location	Kurokawa Castle, Fukushima Prefecture
Result	Date victory
Belligerents
forces of Date Masamune	Ashina forces
Commanders and leaders
Date Masamune	Satake Yoshinobu

The Siege of Kurokawa Castle was a battle during the Azuchi–Momoyama period (16th century) of Japan. Following the assassination of Ashina Moritaka. Satake Yoshinobu, son of Satake Yoshishige, was chosen to inherit the leadership of the clan.

Date Masamune, who had been a rival of the Ashina clan for many years, seized the chance to invade the territories of the Ashina. Masamune took the Kurokawa Castle with little effort.^[1]

Many vassals under the Ashina clan, inclusive of Inawashiro Morikuni, defected to the Date clan.^[2]

References[]

^ Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co. p. 240. ISBN 9781854095237.
^ "猪苗代城（読み）いなわしろじょう日本の城がわかる事典「猪苗代城」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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[Turnbull-1] Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co. p. 240. ISBN 9781854095237.

[2] "猪苗代城（読み）いなわしろじょう日本の城がわかる事典「猪苗代城」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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