INTERACTIVE BATTLE
Siege of Miki
March 1578 · Miki Castle
Bessho Nagaharu of Miki Castle broke with the Oda and aligned with the Mōri, prompting Hashiba Hideyoshi to begin the siege of Miki.
Course of the battle
1 March 1578
Siege of Miki Begins
Bessho Nagaharu of Miki Castle broke with the Oda and aligned with the Mōri, prompting Hashiba Hideyoshi to begin the siege of Miki.
Sources123·Certainty: Medium
2 July 1578
Oda Nobutada builds the fort on Hiraiyama
Oda Nobutada built the fort on Hiraiyama that became Hideyoshi’s headquarters, along with several others. The forts ringed Miki castle over some six kilometres east to west and five north to south, and are thought to have numbered about forty including probable sites.
Sources1245·Certainty: Medium
3 9–10 September 1579
The clash at Hirata and Omura
A force trying to carry provisions into Miki castle met Hideyoshi’s troops at Hirata and Omura. The supplies did not get through, and hunger inside the castle grew worse.
Sources1234·Certainty: Medium
4 17 October 1579
Hideyoshi tightens the ring with more forts
Hideyoshi raised further forts and closed the ring around Miki castle. Rather than storm it he cut its supply lines, and the siege ran for about a year and ten months. It came to be called the starving-out of Miki.
Sources1245·Certainty: Medium
5 17 January 1580
Bessho Nagaharu takes his life and Miki falls
Bessho Nagaharu and others took their own lives and Miki castle fell. The Bessho of Miki, the greatest power in eastern Harima, were finished, and Hideyoshi’s western campaign moved on.
Sources1234·Certainty: Medium
Other events of 1578
Sources consulted
- 三木市「三木合戦とは【豊臣兄弟と三木】」
- 三木市「三木城跡及び付城跡・土塁（国指定史跡）」
- 三木市「三木合戦の史跡・スポット」
- 三木市「平井山ノ上付城跡（国指定史跡）」
- 三木市「付城跡群」
The numbers in the text refer to the list above. Certainty indicates how far a statement is supported by the cited sources; it does not refer to the precision of the coordinates or the dating.
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