Siege of Yanagawa explained

Conflict:Siege of Yanagawa
Partof:the Sengoku period
Date:1600
Place:Yanagawa castle, Chikugo Province, Kyūshū
Map Type:Japan Fukuoka Prefecture#Japan
Map Relief:y
Result:Tokugawa victory
Combatant1:Eastern army;
Forces loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu
Combatant2:Western army;
Tachibana clan Castle garrison
Commander1:Katō Kiyomasa
Kuroda Yoshitaka
Nabeshima Naoshige
Commander2:Tachibana Muneshige
Tachibana Ginchiyo

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.

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