Siege of Yanagawa

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Siege of Yanagawa
Part of the Sengoku period
Date 1600 Location Yanagawa castle, Chikugo Province, Kyūshū 33°9′39.0521″N 130°24′4.0496″E / 33.160847806°N 130.401124889°E / 33.160847806; 130.401124889Coordinates: 33°9′39.0521″N 130°24′4.0496″E / 33.160847806°N 130.401124889°E / 33.160847806; 130.401124889 Result Tokugawa victory
Belligerents
Eastern army; Forces loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu	Western army; Tachibana clan Castle garrison
Commanders and leaders
Katō Kiyomasa Kuroda Yoshitaka Nabeshima Naoshige	Tachibana Muneshige Tachibana Ginchiyo
Location within Fukuoka Prefecture Siege of Yanagawa (Japan) Show map of Fukuoka PrefectureShow map of JapanShow all

The 1600 siege of Yanagawa took place just after the decisive battle of Sekigahara in which Tokugawa Ieyasu secured his control over Japan.

History[]

Tachibana Ginchiyo and Tachibana Muneshige remained one of the chief opponents to Tokugawa on Kyūshū, and was besieged in his castle at Yanagawa by Katō Kiyomasa, Kuroda Yoshitaka and Nabeshima Naoshige.

Muneshige surrendered under the assumption that he could then switch sides and aid the Tokugawa-loyal forces against the Shimazu clan of Satsuma, but Ieyasu forbade this plan from going through.

References[]

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

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