Siege of Hataya

Part of the Sengoku period

Date	8th day, 9th lunar month, 1600
Location	Hataya castle, Dewa Province, Japan
Result	Siege succeeds; castle falls to Western Army

Belligerents

Western Army forces loyal to Ishida Mitsunari

Eastern Army castle garrison loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu

Commanders and leaders

Naoe Kanetsugu

Eguchi Gohei

Strength

20,000

300

Sekigahara Campaign

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

The siege of Hataya was one of several battles in Japan's Tōhoku region which served as preludes to the decisive Sekigahara Campaign which would end the 250-year period of war known as Sengoku.

Naoe Kanetsugu, a general loyal to Ishida Mitsunari, attacked Hataya castle on his way to Mogami Yoshiaki's fortress at Yamagata. His force was 20,000 strong, and the 300 man garrison under Eguchi Gohei have come to be celebrated in various chronicles for their brief, but brave, defense against such incredible odds.

References

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

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