siege, notable, early modern

Siege of Kanegasaki

Name: Siege of Kanegasaki
Location: Kanegasaki Castle, Japan

Siege of Kanegasaki was a siege conducted in 1570 at Kanegasaki Castle, in what is now Japan. The recorded result: Nobunaga withdraws his forces; Successful retreat by Nobunaga. Recorded strength: 30,000 against 24,500.

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Fought1570

WhereKanegasaki Castle, Japan35.666N, 136.074E

OutcomeNobunaga withdraws his forces; Successful retreat by Nobunaga

BelligerentsOda clan forces; Tokugawa clan forcesagainstAsakura clan forces; Azai clan forces; Rokkaku clan forces; Ikkō-ikki forces

Record

Date	1570 (year precision)
Place	Kanegasaki Castle, Japan 35.666N, 136.074E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	30,000	24,500
Commanders	Oda Nobunaga Tokugawa Ieyasu Toyotomi Hideyoshi Sassa Narimasa Maeda Toshiie Ikeda Katsumasa	Maeba Yoshitsugu Asakura Kagetake Azai Nagamasa Rokkaku Yoshikata

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 Kanegasaki 1337, 0.1 km NW
Siege of Hikida Castle 1573, 7.7 km S
Siege of Hiuchi 1183, 16 km NE
Battle of Shizugatake 1583, 21 km SE
Siege of Odani Castle 1573, 29 km SE

Elsewhere in 1570

Siege of Famagusta Cyprus
Sieges of Nagashima Japan
Siege of Reval Estonia
Battle of Manila Philippines
Siege of Nicosia Northern Cyprus

Siege of Kanegasaki 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 Q3274982, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Kanegasaki (1570), revision 1385086250, 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.