In the history of Japan, the 1577 siege of Shigisan (信貴山の合戦, Shigisan no kassen) was one of many sieges during Oda Nobunaga's campaigns to consolidate his power in the Kansai area.
| Siege of Shigisan | |||||||||
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| Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| forces of Oda Nobunaga | Matsunaga clan | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Oda Nobutada Oda Nagamasu Akechi Mitsuhide Hosokawa Fujitaka Mori Nagayoshi Tsutsui Junkei |
Matsunaga Danjo Hisahide Matsunaga Kojirō | ||||||||
The castle was held by Matsunaga Danjo Hisahide and his son Kojirō, both of whom committed suicide upon their defeat.[1] Supposedly, following his father's seppuku, Kojirō leapt from the castle walls, with his father's head in his hand, and his sword through his own throat.
Hisahide, a master of tea ceremony is also said to have smashed his favorite tea bowl so that it would not fall into the hands of his enemies.[1]: 58
In Popular Culture
edit- In the 2020 Taiga drama, Kirin ga Kuru, Matsunaga Hisahide is played by actor Kōtarō Yoshida. This Taiga's narrative was that Hisahide left his alliance with Nobunaga after Tsutsui Junkei, his rival, was chosen as protector of the Yamato Province. Nobunaga's son, Oda Nobutada, with Akechi Mitsuhide, would defeat Hisahide at the Siege of Shigisan. If Hisahide had surrendered, Nobunaga would have given him a small fiefdom.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Turnbull, Stephen (2000). The Samurai Sourcebook. London: Cassell & C0. p. 228. ISBN 1854095234.
- ^ "Episode 40: Matsunaga Hisahide's Hiragumo". Kirin ga Kuru. 10 January 2021. NHK.
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