siege, early modern

Siege of Tottori

Name: Siege of Tottori
Location: Tottori Castle, Japan

Siege of Tottori was a siege conducted in April 1581 at Tottori Castle, in what is now Japan. It was part of the Chūgoku Campaign, which ran from 1577 to 1582. The recorded result: Hideyoshi victory.

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FoughtApril 1581

WhereTottori Castle, Japan35.507N, 134.240E

OutcomeHideyoshi victory

BelligerentsForces of Oda NobunagaagainstForces of Mōri clan

Part ofChūgoku Campaign1577 to 1582

Where it sits in the Chūgoku Campaign

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Record

Date	April 1581 (month precision) to 1581
Place	Tottori Castle, Japan 35.507N, 134.240E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	Tottori Castle falls to Oda clan
Commanders	Toyotomi Hideyoshi Hachisuka Masakatsu Kuroda Yoshitaka Katō Kiyomasa Ishida Mitsunari	Yamana Toyokuni Kikkawa Tsuneie

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 Tottori Castle 1573, same recorded site
Battle of Tottori 1573, 5.1 km SE
Siege of Shika Castle 1546, 17 km W
Siege of Kōzuki Castle 1578, 59 km S
Battle of Senjōsan 1333, 60 km W

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1581

Siege of Tottori 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 Q7510455, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Tottori, revision 1370745908, 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.