Date 17 March 1578 | ||
Result Siege successful; Uesugi Kagekatsu victorious Similar Battle of Tedorigawa, Siege of Odawara, Battle of Tenmokuzan, Battles of Kawanakajima, Battle of Nagashino | ||
The 1578 siege of Ōtate (御館の乱, Ōtate no ran) 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.
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