siege, early modern

Siege of Ōtsu

Name: Siege of Ōtsu
Location: Ōtsu Castle, Japan

Siege of Ōtsu was a siege conducted in 1600 at Ōtsu Castle, in what is now Japan. The recorded result: Mōri victory.

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Fought1600

WhereŌtsu Castle, Japan35.017N, 135.850E

OutcomeMōri victory

BelligerentsWestern forces; forces of Mōri TerumotoagainstEastern forces; castle garrison loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu

Record

Date	1600 (year precision) to 21 October 1600
Place	Ōtsu Castle, Japan 35.017N, 135.850E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	Castle falls to Western forces
Commanders	Kobayakawa Hidekane Tachibana Muneshige Tsukushi Hirokado	Kyogoku Takatsugu

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 Nyoigatake 1509, 2.2 km W
Battle of Higashi-iwakura 1467, 4.3 km W
Siege of Nakao Castle 1550, 4.3 km W
Siege of Yamashina Hongan-ji 1532, 4.9 km SW
Battle of Awazu 1184, 5.9 km SE

Contested ground: this site was fought over 16 times between 1160 and 1868.

Elsewhere in 1600

Siege of Ōtsu 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 Q7510547, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Ōtsu, revision 1370746770, 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.