Siege of Takamatsu

Siege of Takamatsu
	Part of the Sengoku period
	; Edo period portrait of Takamatsu submerged in water
Date	April – June 1582
Location	Takamatsu Castle, Bitchū Province34°41′34.80″N 133°49′19.20″E / 34.6930000°N 133.8220000°E
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 ; 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
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Okayama Prefecture 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]

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

[Sansom2-1] 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.

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Siege of Takamatsu

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