Siege of Minamata Castle
32°13′0.001″N 130°24′0.000″E / 32.21666694°N 130.40000000°E / 32.21666694; 130.40000000Result Shimazu victory Belligerents Shimazu clan Ōtomo clan
Sagara clan Commanders and leaders Shimazu Toshihisa
Shimazu Iehisa
Niiro Tadamoto
Uwai Kakuken Sagara Yoshihi ![Surrendered](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/White_flag_icon.svg/14px-White_flag_icon.svg.png)
Strength 115,000[1] 700 ![Siege of Minamata Castle is located in Kumamoto Prefecture](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Kumamoto_g%C3%A9olocalisation_relief.svg/220px-Kumamoto_g%C3%A9olocalisation_relief.svg.png)
Show map of Kumamoto Prefecture![Siege of Minamata Castle is located in Japan](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Japan_natural_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.jpg/220px-Japan_natural_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.jpg)
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Sagara clan
Shimazu Iehisa
Niiro Tadamoto
Uwai Kakuken
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Location within Kumamoto Prefecture![Siege of Minamata Castle is located in Japan](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Japan_natural_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.jpg/220px-Japan_natural_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.jpg)
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Siege of Minamata Castle (Japan)
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Campaigns of the Shimazu clan
- Ichirai
- Momotsugi
- Kōriyama
- Kajiki
- Iwatsurugi
- Oguchi
- Kizaki
- Takabaru
- Mimigawa
- Minamata
- Okitanawate
- Iwaya
- Kyūshū
- Odawara
- Korea
- Sekigahara
- Ryūkyū
- Kagoshima
The siege of Minamata Castle was a short siege of the castle of Minamata.
Minamata was the entry point for the Ōtomo lands in Higo province, the castle was guarded by Sagara Yoshihi with 700 soldiers.[2]
When Shimazu Toshihisa and Iehisa encamped near the castle with 115,000 men, Yoshihi was forced to surrender.[3]
Later, Yoshihi was killed in a surprise attack by Kai Soun's army in the Battle of Hibikinohara.[4]
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