Siege of Hikida
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| Siege of Hikida | |||||||
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| Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| forces of Oda Nobunaga | forces of Asakura Yoshikage | ||||||
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| Oda Nobunaga | Asakura Yoshikage | ||||||
| Campaigns of Oda Nobunaga |
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| Okehazama - Azukizaka - Chōkōji - Kanagasaki - Anegawa - Ishiyama Hongan-ji - Mount Hiei - Nagashima - Mikata ga Hara - Hikida - Odani - Ichijō ga dani - Itami - Nagashino - Mitsuji - Kizugawaguchi - Shigisan - Tedorigawa - Hijiyama - Temmokuzan - Uzu - Honnōji |
The 1573 siege of Hikida was one of many battles the warlord Oda Nobunaga fought against the Asai and Asakura clans during Japan's Sengoku period. These two families were among the staunchest opponents of Nobunaga's attempts to seize land and power for himself.
In that year, 1573, Nobunaga besieged Odani castle, which was held by Asai Nagamasa. Asakura Yoshikage, leading a force to relieve and reinforce the Asai garrison, came under attack by Nobunaga's army. He sought refuge in Hikida castle, and came under siege himself.
Hikida fell on August 10, and Asakura fled back to his home province of Echizen.
