Siege of Takabaru
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| Siege of Takabaru | |||||||
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| Part of Sengoku period | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Shimazu clan | Itō clan | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Shimazu Yoshihisa Shimazu Yoshihiro Shimazu Toshihisa Yamada Arinobu | Itō Yoshisuke | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 6000[1] | | ||||||
  Location within Miyazaki Prefecture  Siege of Takabaru (Japan) | |||||||
The siege of Takabaru occurred in October 1576 when the forces of Shimazu Yoshihisa besieged and took the fortress of Takabaru, which belonged to the Itō clan.
The Shimazu family had by the 1570s started its rise as the dominant power in Kyūshū and continued its expansion in Hyūga Province at the expense of Itō clan.