Siege of Takabaru

Part of Sengoku period

Date	October, 1576
Location	Takabaru castle, Hyūga Province
Result	Shimazu victory

Belligerents

Shimazu clan

Itō clan

Commanders and leaders

Shimazu Takahisa

Itō Yoshisuke

Strength

6000^[1]

Campaigns of the Shimazu clan

Ichirai Momotsugi Kōriyama Kajiki Iwatsurugi Oguchi Kizaki Takabaru Mimigawa Minamata Okitanawate Iwaya Kyūshū Odawara Korea Sekigahara Ryūkyū

The Siege of Takabaru occurred in October 1576 when the forces of Shimazu Takahisa (Takahisa is dead by 1571?) besieged and took the fortress of Takabaru, which belonged to the Itō clan. The Shimazu family had by the 1570s started its rise as the dominant power in Kyūshū and continued its expansion in Hyūga Province at the expense of Itō clan.

References

↑ Samurai Archives

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