Siege of Yanagawa

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

Siege of Yanagawa
Part of the Sengoku period
Date1600
Location
Yanagawa castle, Chikugo Province, Kyūshū
33°9′39.0521″N 130°24′4.0496″E
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 Turncoat
Tachibana Ginchiyo Turncoat
Siege of Yanagawa is located in Fukuoka Prefecture
Siege of Yanagawa
Location within Fukuoka Prefecture
Siege of Yanagawa is located in Japan
Siege of Yanagawa
Siege of Yanagawa (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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