siege, early modern

Siege of Miki

Name: Siege of Miki
Location: Miki Castle, Japan

Siege of Miki was a siege conducted in 1578 at Miki Castle, in what is now Japan; it lasted about 2 years. It was part of the Chūgoku Campaign, which ran from 1577 to 1582. The recorded result: Toyotomi victory.

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Fought1578lasted about 2 years

WhereMiki Castle, Japan34.800N, 134.988E

OutcomeToyotomi victory

BelligerentsForces of Oda NobunagaagainstForces of Bessho Nagaharu

Part ofChūgoku Campaign1577 to 1582

Where it sits in the Chūgoku Campaign

5 placed engagements of the Chūgoku Campaign in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1578 (year precision) to 2 February 1580
Place	Miki Castle, Japan 34.800N, 134.988E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	Castle of Miki fall to Oda clan
Commanders	Toyotomi Hideyoshi Hachisuka Masakatsu Takenaka Shigeharu Kuroda Yoshitaka Araki Murashige Fukushima Masanori	Bessho Nagaharu Bessho Harusada Bessho Yoshicika

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

Nearest engagements

Battle of Mikusayama 1184, 17 km N
Battle of Ichi-no-Tani 1184, 21 km SE
Battle of Minatogawa 1336, 21 km SE
Battle of Ashiyagawara 1511, 28 km E
Battle of Uchidehama 1582, 31 km E

In the same war

After: Siege of Kōzuki Castle 1578
All 5 engagements of Chūgoku Campaign

Elsewhere in 1578

Siege of Miki 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 Q11242477, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Miki, revision 1370743521, 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.