siege, early modern

Siege of Suemori

Name: Siege of Suemori
Start: 1584-10-12
Location: Suemori Castle, Japan

Siege of Suemori was a siege conducted on 12 October 1584 at Suemori Castle, in what is now Japan. The recorded result: Toyotomi victory.

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Fought12 October 1584

WhereSuemori Castle, Japan36.833N, 136.772E

OutcomeToyotomi victory

BelligerentsTokugawa forcesagainstToyotomi forces

Record

Date	12 October 1584
Place	Suemori Castle, Japan 36.833N, 136.772E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	15,000
Commanders	Sassa Narimasa	Okumura Nagatomi Katō Tsune Maeda Toshiie Maeda Toshimasu

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 Shioyama 1183, 6.8 km SE
Battle of Kurikara 1183, 20 km S
Siege of Nanao 1576, 27 km NE
Battle of Hannyano 1183, 29 km SE
Siege of Toyama 1585, 42 km E

Elsewhere in 1584

Siege of Suemori 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 Q7510422, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Suemori, revision 1370745519, 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.