Personnalité historique

Kikkawa Tsuneie

Kikkawa Tsuneie (died 1581), a member of a branch of the Kikkawa who were vassals of the Mōri, was the commander of Tottori Castle during the famous siege of 1581. Sent to Inaba to hold the stronghold against the advance of Oda Nobunaga, he was encircled there by the army of Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi, who cut off all supplies. After some four months of blockade, during which famine claimed many lives among the besieged, he took his own life in exchange for his men being spared. This siege, one of the most brutal of the Sengoku period, is remembered as the 'Tottori famine siege', and Hideyoshi's camp on Mount Honjin now forms part of the protected site.

Portrait de Kikkawa Tsuneie
Décès1581
MaisonClan Kikkawa
ÉpoqueSengoku period
Histoire & patrimoine

The famine siege

Rather than storming a stronghold reputed to be impregnable, Hideyoshi encircled Mount Kyūshō and cut off its supply routes. The command post he set up on Mount Honjin, facing the castle, is today included in the protected site listed under the name Taikōgahira, which makes it possible to read the layout of the two camps on the ground.

Château de TottoriChâteau de Tottori
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Repères dans sa vie

1581

Commands Tottori Castle, besieged by Hashiba Hideyoshi; after about four months, takes his own life to save his men.

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Kikkawa Tsuneie dans l’histoire

Tottori famine siege

1581 · Blockade of about four months by Hashiba Hideyoshi; surrender following the suicide of Kikkawa Tsuneie.

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