Siege of Kurokawa Castle

The Siege of Kurokawa Castle was a battle during the Azuchi–Momoyama period (16th century) of Japan. Date Masamune besieged Kurokawa Castle against Ashina clan.

Siege of Kurokawa Castle
Part of Date supremacy over Ashina
Date1589
Location
Kurokawa Castle, Fukushima Prefecture
Result Date victory
Belligerents
Date clan Ashina clan
Commanders and leaders
Date Masamune Ashina Yoshihiro

Following the assassination of Ashina Moritaka in 1584 and the death of Ashina Kameomaru ,son of Moritaka in 1586, Ashina Yoshihiro, was chosen to inherit the leadership of the clan.

After Date Masamune attacked Nihonmatsu at Battle of Koriyama in 1588, The sons of Hatakeyama Yoshitsugu set the Koriyama castle on fire and fled to Ashina clan at Kurokawa Castle.

Date Masamune, who had been a rival of the Ashina clan for many years, seized the chance to invade the territories of the Ashina. Masamune took the Kurokawa Castle with little effort.[1] Many vassals under the Ashina clan, inclusive of Inawashiro Morikuni, defected to the Date clan.[2]

References
  1. Turnbull, Stephen (1998). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & Co. p. 240. ISBN 9781854095237.
  2. "猪苗代城（読み）いなわしろじょう日本の城がわかる事典「猪苗代城」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 13 November 2021.


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