Siege of Toyama
36°41′35.88″N 137°12′39.60″E / 36.6933000°N 137.2110000°E / 36.6933000; 137.2110000Result Toyotomi victory Belligerents Toyotomi forces Sassa Narimasa's forces Commanders and leaders Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Horio Yoshiharu
Maeda Toshinaga
Hachiya Yoritaka
Kanamori Nagachika Sassa Narimasa Strength 100,000 (speculation) 20,000 (speculation) ![Siege of Toyama is located in Toyama Prefecture](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Toyama_g%C3%A9olocalisation_relief.svg/220px-Toyama_g%C3%A9olocalisation_relief.svg.png)
Show map of Toyama Prefecture![Siege of Toyama is located in Japan](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Japan_natural_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.jpg/220px-Japan_natural_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.jpg)
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Horio Yoshiharu
Maeda Toshinaga
Hachiya Yoritaka
Kanamori Nagachika
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Siege of Toyama (Japan)
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Campaigns of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- Inabayama
- Anegawa
- Kanegasaki
- Odani Castle
- Kōzuki Castle
- Tedorigawa
- Itami
- Miki
- Tottori
- Takamatsu
- Yamazaki
- Uchidehama
- Shizugatake
- Komaki and Nagakute
- Kaganoi
- Takehana
- Kanie
- Toyama
- Negoro-ji
- Ōta Castle
- Shikoku & Ichinomiya
- Kyūshū
- Hachigata
- Odawara
- Shimoda
- Oshi
- Oshu
- Kunohe
- Korea
The siege of Toyama was a battle during the Azuchi-Momoyama period (16th century) of Japan.
History
During the late summer of August 1585, Toyotomi Hideyoshi had led his army of around 100,000 soldiers against Sassa Narimasa, a once former ally many years past.
During the siege of Toyama, Toyotomi's senior commander Maeda Toshinaga would play a very prominent role within the overall attack. In the end, Narimasa's defence was shattered, thus allowing Toyotomi supremacy over Etchu province.[1]
References
- ^ Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co. p. 236. ISBN 9781854095237.
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