Siege of Hikida Castle

Siege of Hikida

Date	Summer 1573
Location	Hikida fortress, Ōmi province
Result	Oda Nobunaga victory

Belligerents

forces of Oda Nobunaga

forces of Asakura Yoshikage

Commanders and leaders

Oda Nobunaga

Asakura Yoshikage

Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga

Inō Ukino Terabe Marune Okehazama Inabayama Castle Chōkō-ji Kanegasaki Anegawa Ishiyama Hongan-ji Mount Hiei Nagashima Mikatagahara Hikida Castle Odani Castle Ichijōdani Castle Itami Akechi Nagashino Mitsuji Kizugawaguchi Shigisan Tedorigawa Takatenjin Tottori Hijiyama Temmokuzan Takatō Uozu Honnō-ji

Campaigns of Azai Nagamasa

Norada Kanegasaki Anegawa Mount Hiei Hikida Castle Ichijōdani Castle Odani Castle

The 1573 Siege of Hikida Castle (疋壇城の戦い, Hikida-jō no Tatakai) was one of many battles the warlord Oda Nobunaga fought against the Azai and Asakura clans during Japan's Sengoku period. These two families were among the staunchest opponents of Nobunaga's attempts to seize land and power for himself.

In that year, 1573, Nobunaga besieged Odani castle, which was held by Azai Nagamasa. Asakura Yoshikage, leading a force to relieve and reinforce the Azai garrison, came under attack by Nobunaga's army. He sought refuge in Hikida Castle, and came under siege himself.

Hikida fell on August 10, and Asakura fled back to his home province of Echizen.

References

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

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