Siege of Kajiki

Part of Sengoku period

Date	1549
Location	Kajiki, Ōsumi Province
Result	Shimazu victory

Belligerents

Shimazu clan

unknown

Commanders and leaders

Shimazu Takahisa

Campaigns of the Shimazu clan

Ichirai Momotsugi Kōriyama Kajiki Iwatsurugi Oguchi Kizaki Takabaru Mimigawa Minamata Okitanawate Iwaya Kyūshū Odawara Korea Sekigahara Ryūkyū

The Siege of Kajiki was fought in the year of 1549 when forces of the Shimazu clan besieged the castle of Kajiki. The siege succeeded and the castle was taken. The siege is notable for being the first time "Portuguese derived" arquebuses were used in battle in Japan.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Sengoku Period
↑ Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. Cassell & Co. p. 212. ISBN 1854095234.

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