Siege of Shiroishi

Coordinates: 38°00′09″N 140°37′02″E / 38.002589°N 140.617128°E / 38.002589; 140.617128
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Siege of Shiroishi
Part of the
Sendai
Result Eastern Army victory,
Castle falls to Eastern army
Belligerents Eastern Forces loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu Western Forces loyal to Ishida MitsunariCommanders and leaders Date Masamune
Mogami Yoshiaki Uesugi Kagekatsu
Naoe Kanetsugu

The siege of Shiroishi, in 1600, was one of several feudal Japanese battles leading up to the decisive battle of Sekigahara which ended the period of over 100 years of war, and was immediately followed by the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Shiroishi was a castle just south of the city of

Sendai, controlled by a retainer of Uesugi Kagekatsu, who in turn was one of the chief supporters of Ishida Mitsunari
.

north
between the representatives of Ishida and Tokugawa. Its capture would also mark the first contribution of Date Masamune to the Sekigahara campaign.

This would be followed by two counter-sieges on the part of Uesugi Kagekatsu and Naoe Kanetsugu against the castles of Hataya and Kaminoyama.

References

  • Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.

38°00′09″N 140°37′02″E / 38.002589°N 140.617128°E / 38.002589; 140.617128