Siege of Tottori
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| Campaigns of Toyotomi Hideyoshi |
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| Kozuki - Itami - Miki - Tottori - Takamatsu - Yamazaki - Uchide-hama - Shizugatake - Komaki - Nagakute - Kaganoi - Takehana - Kanie - Toyama - Ōta Castle - Shikoku & Ichinomiya - Negoroji - Takajō - Ganjaku - Akizuki - Sendaigawa - Kagoshima - Hachigata 1590 - Odawara 1590 - Shimoda |
The siege of Tottori castle in 1581 is one of the few in which starvation tactics were used to a successful completion of the siege. The forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi cut the castle's supplies and surrounded it for 200 days. According to some sources, the defenders were almost forced to resort to cannibalism before the lord of the castle, Kikkawa Tsuneie, surrendered and committed suicide.
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