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Siege of Chihaya

Siege of Chihaya was a siege conducted in 1333 at Chihaya Castle, in what is now Japan. It was part of the Genkō War, which ran from 1331 to 1333. The recorded result: Siege fails; Imperial victory. Recorded strength: Less than 1,000 against 1 million or tens of thousands as per 14th-century sources.

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千早城合戦図
千早城合戦図. 投稿者がファイル作成, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1333
WhereChihaya Castle, Japan34.417N, 135.651E
OutcomeSiege fails; Imperial victory
BelligerentsImperial forcesagainstHōjō clan forces
Part ofGenkō War1331 to 1333

Where it sits in the Genkō War

Siege of Kasagi, 1331Siege of Akasaka, 1331Battle of Bubaigawara, 1333Siege of Chihaya, 1333Siege of Kami-Akasaka Castle, 1333Battle of Senjōsan, 1333Battle of Kotesashi, 1333Battle of Kumegawa, 1333Battle of Sekido, 1333Siege of Tōshō-ji, 1333Siege of Kamakura, 133313311333Siege of Chihaya, 1333
11 placed engagements of the Genkō War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1333 (year precision)
to 22 June 1333
PlaceChihaya Castle, Japan
34.417N, 135.651E
KindSiege, medieval
StrengthLess than 1,0001 million or tens of thousands as per 14th-century sources
Commanders
  • Kusunoki Masashige
Siege of ChihayaSiege of ChihayaSiege of AkasakaSiege of Dakeyama CastleSiege of Takaya CastleBattle of DōmyōjiBattle of TaiheijiSiege of Dakeyama CastleBattle of TaiheijiŌsakaNagoyaKyotoTsuWakayamaGifuTottoriMaizuru100 km34.417N, 135.651E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1331 and 1461.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1333

Siege of Chihaya is one of 566 engagements of the 14th century in the atlas and one of 481 in present-day Japan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7509930, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Chihaya, revision 1377972087, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.