Siege of Itami (1579)
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The second siege of Itami Castle (伊丹城の戦い), also called the siege of Arioka Castle (有岡城の戦い) during the Sengoku period of Japanese history, occurred in 1579, five years after it was seized by Oda Nobunaga in Siege of Itami (1574) from Itami clan, and entrusted the Castle to Araki Murashige.
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Siege of Itami (1579) | |||||||
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Part of the Sengoku period | |||||||
The placement of Araki forces around Itami, drawn in 1865, now housed in the Itami Prefectural Museum | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
forces of Oda Nobunaga | forces of Araki Murashige | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Oda Nobutada Oda Nagamasu Takigawa Kazumasu Tsuda Nobuzumi Hachiya Yoritaka Andō Morinari Tsutsui Junkei Fuwa Mitsuharu |
Araki Murashige Araki Kyūzaemon | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
670 people (Araki family and retainers) | |||||||
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