Siege of Ōtate

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Siege of Ōtate
partof=the Sengoku period


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date=March 17 1578
place=Ōtate castle, Echigo province, Japan
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result=Siege successful; Uesugi Kagekatsu victorious
combatant1=forces of Uesugi Kagetora
combatant2=forces of Uesugi Kagekatsu
commander1=Uesugi Kagetora
commander2=Uesugi Kagekatsu
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The 1578 siege of Ōtate took place following the sudden death of Uesugi Kenshin, one of Japan's greatest warlords. Kenshin had requested that the inheritance be split between his nephew, Uesugi Kagekatsu, and his adopted son Uesugi Kagetora.

Thus, on March 17 1578, Uesugi Kagekatsu led a force from his castle at Kasugayama to besiege his cousin's Ōtate castle. The castle fell, Kagetora committed "seppuku", and Kagekatsu claimed the full inheritance.

References

*Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.