Siege of Takamatsu

Siege of Takamatsu
Part of the Sengoku period

Edo period portrait of Takamatsu submerged in water
DateApril – June 1582
Location34°41′34.80″N 133°49′19.20″E / 34.6930000°N 133.8220000°E / 34.6930000; 133.8220000
Result
  • The castle was flooded by Hideyoshi and nearly fell
  • Hideyoshi made peace overtures with Mori's
  • Shimizu Muneharu commits suicide
Belligerents
Forces of Oda Nobunaga Forces of Mōri Terumoto
Commanders and leaders
Hashiba Hideyoshi
Ukita Tadaie
Hachisuka Koroku
Kuroda Kanbei
Horio Yoshiharu
Asano Nagamasa
Konishi Yukinaga
Kato Kiyomasa
Ishida Mitsunari
Otani Yoshitsugu
Castle Garrison :
Shimizu Muneharu Executed
Nanba Denbe
Suechika Saemon
Mori Reinforcement :
Kikkawa Motoharu
Kobayakawa Takakage
Ankokuji Ekei
Strength
20,000 Oda troops
10,000 Ukita troops
total: 30,000 men
castle garrison:
5,000 men
Mori reinforcement:
40,000 men
total: 45,000 men
Siege of Takamatsu is located in Okayama Prefecture
Siege of Takamatsu
Location within Okayama Prefecture
Siege of Takamatsu is located in Japan
Siege of Takamatsu
Siege of Takamatsu (Japan)

In the 1582 Siege of Takamatsu (備中高松城の戦い, Bitchū Takamatsu-jō no tatakai), Toyotomi Hideyoshi laid siege to Takamatsu Castle, which was controlled by the Mōri clan. He diverted a nearby river with dikes to surround and flood the castle. He also constructed towers on barges from which his gunmen could keep up a constant rate of fire and be unhindered themselves by the flooding.[1][2]

  1. ^ Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1334–1615. Stanford University Press. p. 306-307. ISBN 0804705259.
  2. ^ Turnbull, S.R. (1977). The Samurai. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 162-163. ISBN 9780026205405.