This second siege of Itami castle occurred five years after it was seized by Oda Nobunaga from a lord named Itami, and entrusted to Araki Murashige. Accused of sympathizing with the Mōri clan, enemies of Nobunaga, Araki shut himself in his castle and withstood siege by the armies of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Though his defense held out that long, he did not lead any men in sallying forth from the castle or otherwise attacking the besieging army. Over the course of the year, Hideyoshi's men gradually filled in the moat, making the castle's fall inevitable. Araki escaped, and lived the rest of his life in obscurity. The Sengoku Period (Japanese: 戦国時代, Sengoku-jidai) or warring-states period, is a period of long civil war in the history of Japan that spans from the middle 15th to the early 17th centuries. ... Events January 6 - The Union of Atrecht united the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma, governor in the name of king Philip II of Spain. ... Categories: Japan geography stubs | Old provinces of Japan ... Hideyoshi in old age. ... Oda Nobunaga Oda Nobunaga (織田 ä¿¡é•·   Oda Nobunaga[?], June 23, 1534 - June 21, 1582) was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. ... Hideyoshi in old age. ... Hideyoshi in old age. ... Siege of Miki lasted from 1578 to 1580. ... The Siege of Takamatsu took place in 1582 in Japan. ... The Battle of Yamazaki was fought in 1582 in Yamazaki, Japan. ... The battle of Uchide-hama took place in 1582, following the battle of Yamazaki. ... The Battle of Shizugatake took place in 1583 in Japan. ... The battle of Komaki, along with the battle of Nagakute which followed, was the climax of the conflict between the forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, two warlords who sought to conquer Japan at the end of the Sengoku period. ... The Battle of Nagakute or more commonly, Battle of Komaki and Nagakute (小牧・長久手の戦い) took place in 1584 in Japan. ... The third siege of Odawara (小田原征伐, odawaraseibatsu) occurred in 1590, and was the primary action in Toyotomi Hideyoshis campaign to eliminate the Hōjō clan as a threat to his power. ... The siege of Shimoda was a naval siege conducted against a coastal Hōjō fortress in Izu Province. ... Oda Nobunaga Oda Nobunaga (織田 ä¿¡é•·   Oda Nobunaga[?], June 23, 1534 - June 21, 1582) was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. ... Grave of Yamaguchi Mōri clan at Mount Koya The Mōri clan (毛利氏, Mōri-shi) was a family of daimyō, descended from Oe no Hiromoto and established themselves in Aki province. ... Hideyoshi in old age. ...

Reference

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