Siege of Suemori

The Siege of Suemori (末森の戦い, Suemori no Tatakai) was a battle during the Azuchi–Momoyama period (16th century) of Japan.

Siege of Suemori
Date1584
Location
Noto Province
Result Toyotomi victory
Belligerents
Tokugawa forces Toyotomi forces
Commanders and leaders
Sassa Narimasa Maeda Toshiie
Okumura Nagatomi
Katō Tsune
Strength
15,000

At the time of the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute, Sassa Narimasa sided against Tokugawa Ieyasu, while his former companion, Maeda Toshiie stood with Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Narimasa and Toshiie came to blows by battling at Suemori Castle. Narimasa had laid siege to the Suemori castle 9 October with 15,000 men. Okumura Nagatomi, along with his wife Katō Tsune, had defended the castle to their fullest extent, but soon their situation became very desperate. Maeda Toshiie arrived in the middle of the night, and defeated the forces of Sassa Narimasa. With this action of Maeda Toshiie's, he became established as the most powerful daimyō in this region of Japan.[1]

References
  1. Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co. p. 236. ISBN 9781854095237.


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