siege, early modern

Siege of Gassan Toda

Name: Siege of Gassan Toda
Location: Gassantoda Castle, Japan

Siege of Gassan Toda was a siege conducted in 1542 at Gassantoda Castle, in what is now Japan; it ran into the following year. The recorded result: Amago clan victory.

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Fought1542ran into the following year

WhereGassantoda Castle, Japan35.361N, 133.185E

OutcomeAmago clan victory

BelligerentsAmago clanagainstŌuchi clan; Mōri clan

Record

Date	1542 (year precision) to 1543
Place	Gassantoda Castle, Japan 35.361N, 133.185E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Commanders	Amago Haruhisa	Ōuchi Yoshitaka Mori Motonari Hironaka Takakane

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Gassan Toda 1565, same recorded site
Battle of Fubeyama 1570, 6.7 km SW
Battle of Tsuhokamiyama 1179, 23 km NE
Battle of Senjōsan 1333, 37 km E
Funo Kuzure 1544, 65 km SW

Elsewhere in 1542

Siege of Gassan Toda is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 481 in present-day Japan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q5366700, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Sieges of Gassantoda Castle, revision 1370746809, 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.