Siege of Yanagawa

Siege of Yanagawa
Part of the Sengoku period
Date1600
Location
Yanagawa castle, Chikugo Province, Kyūshū
33°9′39.0521″N 130°24′4.0496″E / 33.160847806°N 130.401124889°E / 33.160847806; 130.401124889
Result Tokugawa victory
Belligerents
Eastern army;
Forces loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu		 Western army;
Tachibana clan Castle garrison
Commanders and leaders
Katō Kiyomasa
Kuroda Yoshitaka
Nabeshima Naoshige		 Tachibana Muneshige 
Tachibana Ginchiyo 
Location within Fukuoka Prefecture
Siege of Yanagawa (Japan)

The 1600 siege of Yanagawa took place just after the decisive battle of Sekigahara in which Tokugawa Ieyasu secured his control over Japan.

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