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Encyclopedia > Siege of Shimoda
Siege of Shimoda
Part of the Sengoku period
Date: May - August 1590
Location: Shimoda fortress, Izu Province, Japan
Result: Siege succeeds; Toyotomi Hideyoshi victory
Combatants
forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi Hōjō clan army
Commanders
Chōsokabe Motochika, Katō Yoshiaki, Kuki Yoshitaka, Ankokuji Ekei Unknown
Strength
14,000 men 600 men
Casualties
Unknown Unknown
Campaigns of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Kozuki - Itami - Miki - Tottori - Takamatsu - Yamazaki - Uchide-hama - Shizugatake - Komaki - Nagakute - Kaganoi - Takehana - Kanie - Toyama - Ōta Castle - Shikoku & Ichinomiya - Negoroji - Takajō - Ganjaku - Akizuki - Sendaigawa - Kagoshima - Hachigata 1590 - Odawara 1590 - Shimoda
Campaigns of the Hōjō
Arai - Edo - Nashinokidara - Kamakura - Ozawahara - Musashi-Matsuyama 1537 - Kōnodai 1538 - Kawagoe - Odawara 1561 - Musashi-Matsuyama 1563 - Kōnodai 1564 - Mifunedai - Hachigata 1568 - Odawara 1569 - Mimasetoge - Kanbara - Nirayama - Fukazawa - Omosu - Kanagawa - Hachigata 1590 - Odawara 1590 - Shimoda - Oshi

The siege of Shimoda was a naval siege conducted against a coastal Hōjō fortress in Izu Province. This was concurrent with the La siege of Odawara, and though the commanders of the besieging force were among Hideyoshi's greatest generals, they were held off by a mere 610 defenders for four months. The Sengoku period (Japanese: 戦国時代, Sengoku-jidai) or Warring States period, was a period of civil war in the history of Japan that spans from the middle 15th to the early 17th centuries. ... Events March 14 - Battle of Ivry - Henry IV of France again defeats the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne. ... Categories: Japan geography stubs | Old provinces of Japan ... Hideyoshi in old age. ... Hideyoshi in old age. ... The Late Hojo clan is a modern day clan, formed in the U.S., that follows the teachings of a leader, whose traditional name would be Mido. ... Chosokabe Motochika (1539-1599)(長宗我部元親) Chosokabe Motochika, the eldest son of Chosokabe Kunichika, being born at the Oko Castle. ... Katō Yoshiaki (1563-1631)(加藤義明) was one of Toyotomi Hideyoshis top generals, and commanded elements of Hideyoshis fleet in his invasions of Korea and campaigns in Kyushu. ... Kuki Yoshitaka (九鬼 嘉隆; 1542 - November 17, 1600) was a naval commander during Japans Sengoku Period, under Oda Nobunaga, and later, Toyotomi Hideyoshi. ... Ankokuji Ekei (d. ... Hideyoshi in old age. ... The siege of Kozuki occurred in 1578, when the army of Mōri Terumoto attacked and captured the castle of Kozuki in Harima province. ... 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. ... Siege of Miki lasted from 1578 to 1580. ... The siege of Tottori castle in 1581 is one of the few in which starvation tactics were used to a successful completion of the siege. ... The Siege of Takamatsu took place in 1582 in Japan. ... The Battle of Yamazaki was fought in 1582 in Yamazaki, Japan. ... Combatants forces of Akechi Mitsuhide forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi Commanders Akechi Mitsuhide Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Hori Hidemasa Categories: | ... Combatants forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi forces loyal to Oda Nobunaga Commanders Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Kato Kiyomasa, Fukushima Masanori Shibata Katsuie, Sakuma Morimasa Strength 20,000 men Unknown In May, 1583, a former general of Nobunagas named Shibata Katsuie coordinated a number of simultaneous attacks on these fortresses, believing that Hideyoshi... 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. ... Combatants forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu Commanders Ikeda Nobuteru, Hori Hidemasa Mizuno Tadashige, Tokugawa Ieyasu Strength Under 20,000 9000 Casualties The battle of Nagakute ), along with the preceding battle of Komaki, represents the climax of the conflict between two of Japans greatest warlords, Toyotomi Hideyoshi... Combatants forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi forces of Oda clan Commanders Toyotomi Hideyoshi Oda Nobuo Strength Casualties The 1584 siege of Kaganoi was one of the final battles fought by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in his bid to gain the lands and power of Oda Nobunaga, who died two years earlier. ... Combatants forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi Takehana garrison Commanders Toyotomi Hideyoshi Unknown The 1584 siege of Takehana was something of a follow-up to the siege of Kaganoi; the great warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi sought to consolidate his power, particularly in the lands of his late lord Oda Nobunaga. ... Combatants forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi forces loyal to Oda Nobuo Commanders Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Maeda Tanetoshi Various The 1584 siege of Kanie was one of many elements in Toyotomi Hideyoshis campaign to consolidate his power over the lands held by the Oda clan in Owari province. ... The Invasion of Shikoku occurred in 1585. ... Combatants Negoro-gumi, the warrior monks of Negoro-ji forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi Commanders Unknown Toyotomi Hideyoshi Strength 30,000-50,000 6,000 Casualties The siege of Negoroji was one of many sieges that Oda Nobunagas forces undertook in the 1580s, against the many fortresses of warrior monks. ... Combatants forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi Hōjō clan army Commanders Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu Hōjō Ujimasa Strength 200,000 50,000 Casualties Unknown Unknown The third siege of Odawara ) occurred in 1590, and was the primary action in Toyotomi Hideyoshis campaign to eliminate the Hōjō clan as... The Late Hojo clan is a modern day clan, formed in the U.S., that follows the teachings of a leader, whose traditional name would be Mido. ... Combatants garrison of Miura Yoshiatsu forces of the Hōjō clan Commanders Miura Yoshiatsu Hōjō Soun Strength Casualties The 1516 siege of Arai was among the first steps taken by Hōjō Soun towards becoming one of the most powerful warlords of Japans Sengoku period. ... Combatants Hojo Clan Uesugi Clan Commanders Hojo Ujitsuna Uesugi Tomooki Strength Casualties The Siege of Edo was fought in 1524 between the Hojo and Uesugi clans. ... Combatants Uesugi clan Hōjō clan Commanders Strength Casualties The Siege of Kamakura was fought in 1526 between the Hojo clan and the Uesugi clan. ... Combatants forces of the Hōjō clan forces of the Uesugi clan Commanders Hōjō Ujiyasu Uesugi Tomooki The 1530 battle of Ozawahara was the first battle for Hōjō Ujiyasu, then fifteen years old. ... Combatants garrison of Hōjō clan forces of Ogigayatsu Tomosada Commanders Hōjō Tsunanari, Hōjō Ujiyasu Ogigayatsu Tomosada, Ashikaga Haruuji, Uesugi Norimasa Strength 3000 in garrison, 8000 in relief force 85,000 The 1545 battle of Kawagoe ) was part of a failed attempt by Ogigayatsu Tomosada to regain Edo... Combatants Hōjō clan forces of Satomi Yoshihiro Commanders Hōjō Ujiyasu Satomi Yoshihiro Strength 20,000 8,000 In the second battle of Kōnodai, fought in 1564, Hōjō Ujiyasu led his men to victory against Satomi Yoshihiro. ... Combatants forces of the Hōjō clan forces of Takeda Shingen Commanders Strength Casualties The Siege of Hachigata was fought in 1568 between the forces of Takeda Shingen and the Hojo clan. ... Combatants Takeda forces forces of the Hōjō clan Commanders Takeda Shingen Strength Casualties The Siege of Odawara was fought in 1569 between the forces of Takeda Shingen and the Hojo clan. ... The Battle of Mimasetoge took place in 1569 in Japan. ... Combatants forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi Hōjō clan army Commanders Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu Hōjō Ujimasa Strength 200,000 50,000 Casualties Unknown Unknown The third siege of Odawara ) occurred in 1590, and was the primary action in Toyotomi Hideyoshis campaign to eliminate the Hōjō clan as... The Late Hojo clan is a modern day clan, formed in the U.S., that follows the teachings of a leader, whose traditional name would be Mido. ... Categories: Japan geography stubs | Old provinces of Japan ... Combatants forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi Hōjō clan army Commanders Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu Hōjō Ujimasa Strength 200,000 50,000 Casualties Unknown Unknown The third siege of Odawara ) occurred in 1590, and was the primary action in Toyotomi Hideyoshis campaign to eliminate the Hōjō clan as...


References

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

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Kuki Yoshitaka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (219 words)
In 1587, he led Toyotomi Hideyoshi's fleet in a campaign in Kyushu, alongside Konishi Yukinaga, Wakizaka Yasuharu and Kato Yoshiaki.
Three years later, along with Wakizaka Yasuharu and Kato Yoshiaki he went on to lead the Siege of Odawara and the Siege of Shimoda.
He continued in his role as commander of Hideyoshi's fleet, launching an invasion of Korea in 1592 from his flagship Nipponmaru.
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