Siege of Kanagasaki (1570)
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| Siege of Kanagasaki (1570) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||||
| forces of Oda Nobunaga | Kanagasaki garrison | ||||||||
| Commanders | |||||||||
| Toyotomi Hideyoshi | Unknown | ||||||||
| 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 1570 siege of Kanagasaki took place during Oda Nobunaga's struggle against the Asakura clan in Echizen province. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of Nobunaga's chief generals, led the attack on the fortress. After its fall, Nobunaga's army fought a celebrated retreat from Echizen.
