siege, early modern

Siege of Toyama

Name: Siege of Toyama
Location: Toyama Castle, Japan

Siege of Toyama was a siege conducted in August 1585 at Toyama Castle, in what is now Japan. It was part of Q11356994. The recorded result: Toyotomi victory. Recorded strength: 100,000 (speculation) against 20,000 (speculation).

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FoughtAugust 1585

WhereToyama Castle, Japan36.693N, 137.211E

OutcomeToyotomi victory

BelligerentsToyotomi forcesagainstSassa Narimasa's forces

Part ofQ11356994

Where it sits in Q11356994

6 placed engagements of Q11356994 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	August 1585 (month precision) to 19 September 1585
Place	Toyama Castle, Japan 36.693N, 137.211E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	100,000 (speculation)	20,000 (speculation)
Commanders	Toyotomi Hideyoshi Horio Yoshiharu Maeda Toshinaga Hachiya Yoritaka Kanamori Nagachika	Sassa Narimasa

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 Shiritarezaka 1572, 3.1 km E
Battle of Tsukiokano 1578, 6.9 km SE
Battle of Hannyano 1183, 15 km W
Siege of Uozu 1582, 21 km NE
Siege of Matsukura Castle 1569, 22 km E

In the same war

After: Battle of Takajō 1587

Elsewhere in 1585

Siege of Toyama 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 Q997625, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Toyama, revision 1370745965, 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.