siege, notable, early modern

Siege of Mount Hiei

Name: Siege of Mount Hiei
Start: 1571-09-29
Location: Mount Hiei, Japan

Siege of Mount Hiei was a siege conducted on 29 September 1571 at Mount Hiei, in what is now Japan. The recorded result: Oda victory. Recorded strength: 30,000 against 4,000.

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Fought29 September 1571

WhereMount Hiei, Japan35.071N, 135.841E

OutcomeOda victory

BelligerentsForces of Oda NobunagaagainstSōhei of Enryaku-ji on Mt. Hiei

Casualties and losses300andUnknown number of buildings; 1,500–4,000 people

Record

Date	29 September 1571 to 12 September 1571
Place	Mount Hiei, Japan 35.071N, 135.841E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	30,000	4,000
Casualties and losses	300	Unknown number of buildings; 1,500–4,000 people
Commanders	Oda Nobunaga Sakuma Nobumori Akechi Mitsuhide Ikeda Tsuneoki Niwa Nagahide Kawajiri Hidetaka

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 Mount Hiei 1499, same recorded site
Siege of Nakao Castle 1550, 5.8 km SW
Siege of Ōtsu 1600, 6.0 km S
Battle of Nyoigatake 1509, 6.1 km S
Battle of Higashi-iwakura 1467, 7.5 km SW

Contested ground: this site was fought over 16 times between 1160 and 1868.

Elsewhere in 1571

Siege of Mount Hiei 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 Q10748887, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Mount Hiei, revision 1374222876, 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.