Siege of Kurokawa

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conflict=Siege of Kurokawa
partof=Date supremacy over Ashina


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date=1589
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result=Date victory
combatant1=Date forces
combatant2=Ashina forces
commander1=Date Masamune
commander2=N/A
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The Siege of Kurokawa the Siege of Kurokawa was a battle during the Azuchi-Momoyama period (16th century) of Japan.

Following the assassination of Ashina Moritaka, Ashina Morishige --son of Satake Yoshishige-- was chosen to inherit the throne. Many vassals under the Ashina clan began to defect to the Date due to this fact. Date Masamune, who had been a rival of the Ashina clan for many a year, seized the chance to invade the territorites of the Ashina. Throughout his invasion, Masamune took the castle of Kurokawa with little effort.

References

"The Samurai Sourcebook"