Date October 1576 Location Hyūga Province | Result Shimazu victory | |
Similar Invasion of Ryukyu, Battle of Mimigawa, Kyūshū Campaign, Siege of Odawara | ||
The Siege of Takabaru occurred in October 1576 when the forces of Shimazu Yoshihisa besieged and took the fortress of Takabaru, which belonged to the Itō clan. The Shimazu family had by the 1570s started its rise as the dominant power in Kyūshū and continued its expansion in Hyūga Province at the expense of Itō clan.
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