Siege of Ōtsu

Part of the Sengoku period

Date	1600
Location	Ōtsu, near Kyoto
Result	Siege succeeds

Belligerents

forces of Mōri Motoyasu

castle garrison loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu

Commanders and leaders

Kobayakawa Hidekane, Tachibana Muneshige, Tsukushi Hirokado

Kyōgoku Takatsugu

Sekigahara Campaign

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

The siege of Ōtsu (大津城の戦い, Ōtsu-jō no tatakai) took place in 1600, concurrent with the battle of Sekigahara. Kyōgoku Takatsugu held Ōtsu castle for the Tokugawa, and commanded the garrison. Mōri Motoyasu and Tachibana Muneshige laid siege. The sides negotiated and Takatsugu surrendered. However, in the meantime Tokugawa Ieyasu had won the battle of Sekigahara, assuring his control of all Japan, and so the loss of Ōtsu was ultimately insignificant.

Some records of the time indicate that the local inhabitants brought picnic boxes and gathered at Mii-dera on Mount Hiei to observe the battle.

References

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

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