Siege of Yanagawa
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Date1600
Location
Yanagawa castle, Chikugo Province, Kyūshū
33°09′39″N 130°24′04″E / 33.1608478°N 130.4011249°EResult
Tokugawa victory
| Siege of Yanagawa | |||||||
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| Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Eastern army; Forces loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu |
Western army; Tachibana clan Castle garrison | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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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.
