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Siege of Kaminoyama

Siege of Kaminoyama
Part of the Sekigahara Campaign
Date1600
Location
Kaminoyama, Yamagata province
Result Uesugi victory
Territorial
changes
Kaminoyama falls to western forces
Belligerents
Western army forces:
Uesugi clan forces
Eastern Army forces:
Mogami clan garrison
Commanders and leaders
Honmura Chikamori 
Yokota Munetoshi
Satomi Minbu
Strength
4,000

The siege of Kaminoyama took place in 1600, at the end of Japan's Sengoku period. It was one of many battles making up the Sekigahara Campaign, in which Tokugawa Ieyasu eliminated the last opposition to his domination of the Japanese islands.

Honmura Chikamori and Yokota Munetoshi, commanders under Naoe Kanetsugu, led 4,000 men against the castle of Kaminoyama in Yamagata province while Naoe led another division towards the province. Kaminoyama was held by Satomi Minbu, a retainer of the Mogami clan which was aligned with Tokugawa. Honmura was killed in the fighting, but in the end the castle fell to the Uesugi forces.

References

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