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Siege of Yanagawa

Part of the Sengoku period

Date	1600
Location	Yanagawa castle, Chikugo Province, Kyūshū 33°9′39.0521″N 130°24′4.0496″E / 33.160847806°N 130.401124889°E / 33.160847806; 130.401124889
Result	Tokugawa victory

Belligerents

Eastern army;
Forces loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu

Western army;
Tachibana clan Castle garrison

Commanders and leaders

Katō Kiyomasa
Kuroda Yoshitaka
Nabeshima Naoshige

Tachibana Muneshige

Tachibana Ginchiyo

Location within Fukuoka Prefecture

Siege of Yanagawa (Japan)

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Ueda Fushimi Ōtsu Shiroishi Hataya Kaminoyama Hasedō Tanabe Kuisegawa Sekigahara Minakuchi Udo Yanagawa

The 1600 siege of Yanagawa took place just after the decisive battle of Sekigahara in which Tokugawa Ieyasu secured his control over Japan.

History

Tachibana Ginchiyo and Tachibana Muneshige remained one of the chief opponents to Tokugawa on Kyūshū, and was besieged in his castle at Yanagawa by Katō Kiyomasa, Kuroda Yoshitaka and Nabeshima Naoshige.

Muneshige surrendered under the assumption that he could then switch sides and aid the Tokugawa-loyal forces against the Shimazu clan of Satsuma, but Ieyasu forbade this plan from going through.

History

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