siege, early modern

Siege of Moji

Name: Siege of Moji
Location: Moji Castle, Japan

Siege of Moji was a siege conducted in 1561 at Moji Castle, in what is now Japan. It was part of Japanese–Portuguese conflicts. The recorded result: Mōri victory.

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Fought1561

WhereMoji Castle, Japan33.958N, 130.968E

OutcomeMōri victory

BelligerentsMōri clanagainstŌtomo clan; Portuguese traders (brief)

Part ofJapanese–Portuguese conflicts

Where it sits in Japanese–Portuguese conflicts

4 placed engagements of Japanese–Portuguese conflicts in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1561 (year precision)
Place	Moji Castle, Japan 33.958N, 130.968E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength		3 Portuguese ships; 17 or 18 cannons
Commanders	Mōri Takamoto Kobayakawa Takakage Murakami Takeyoshi Nomi Munekatsu Horitate Iki-no-kami Niho Takayasu	Ōtomo Sōrin Ōtomo Chikasada Tachibana Dōsetsu Tawara Chikataka Usuki Akihaya Imi Danjo Saemon

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 Dan-no-ura 1185, 1.3 km NW
Bombing of Yawata on June 1944 1944, 11 km SW
Battle of Ashiyaura 1185, 29 km W
Siege of Ganjaku 1587, 43 km S
Tainei-ji incident 1551, 45 km NE

In the same war

After: Battle of Fukuda Bay 18 October 1565
All 4 engagements of Japanese–Portuguese conflicts

Elsewhere in 1561

Siege of Moji 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 Q7510248, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Moji, revision 1370743586, 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.