siege, early modern

Siege of Itami

Name: Siege of Itami
Location: Itami Castle, Japan

Siege of Itami was a siege conducted in 1579 at Itami Castle, in what is now Japan. It was part of the Chūgoku Campaign, which ran from 1577 to 1582. The recorded result: Siege succeeds.

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Fought1579

WhereItami Castle, Japan34.780N, 135.421E

OutcomeSiege succeeds

Belligerentsforces of Oda Nobunagaagainstforces of Araki Murashige

Casualties and lossesUnknownand670 people (Araki family and retainers)

Part ofChūgoku Campaign1577 to 1582

Where it sits in the Chūgoku Campaign

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Record

Date	1579 (year precision) to 7 December 1579
Place	Itami Castle, Japan 34.780N, 135.421E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Casualties and losses	Unknown	670 people (Araki family and retainers)
Commanders	Oda Nobutada Oda Nagamasu Takigawa Kazumasu Andō Morinari Tsuda Nobuzumi Hachiya Yoritaka	Araki Murashige Araki Kyūzaemon

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Itami 1574, 0.1 km N
Daimotsu Kuzure 1531, 7.0 km S
Battle of Kawajiri 1185, 7.2 km S
Battle of Uchidehama 1351, 11 km SW
Battle of Uchidehama 1582, 11 km SW

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1579

Siege of Itami is one of 1,470 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 604 in present-day Japan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7510108, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Itami (1579), revision 1373666581, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.