siege, early modern

Siege of Minamata Castle

Name: Siege of Minamata Castle
Start: 1581-09-17
Location: Minamata, Japan

Siege of Minamata Castle was a siege conducted on 17 September 1581 at Minamata, in what is now Japan. The recorded result: Shimazu victory. Recorded strength: 115,000 against 700.

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Fought17 September 1581

WhereMinamata, Japan32.217N, 130.400E

OutcomeShimazu victory

BelligerentsShimazu clanagainstŌtomo clan; Sagara clan

Record

Date	17 September 1581 to 17 September 1581
Place	Minamata, Japan 32.217N, 130.400E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	115,000	700
Commanders	Shimazu Toshihisa Shimazu Iehisa Niiro Tadamoto Uwai Kakuken	Sagara Yoshihi

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

Nearest engagements

Battle of Sendaigawa 1587, 28 km SE
Battle of Kizaki 1572, 45 km SE
Battle of Momotsugi 1539, 49 km S
Siege of Uto 1600, 56 km NE
Siege of Kajiki 1549, 58 km SE

Elsewhere in 1581

Siege of Minamata Castle 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 Q16632377, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Minamata Castle, revision 1370743536, 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.