| Siege of Toyama | |||||||
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| Part of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's supremacy | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Toyotomi forces | Sassa Narimasa's forces | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Toyotomi Hideyoshi Horio Yoshiharu Maeda Toshinaga Hachiya Yoritaka Kanamori Nagachika | Sassa Narimasa | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 100,000 (speculation) | 20,000 (speculation) | ||||||
  Location within Toyama Prefecture  Siege of Toyama (Japan) | |||||||
The siege of Toyama was a battle during the Azuchi-Momoyama period (16th century) of Japan.
During the late summer of August 1585, Toyotomi Hideyoshi had led his army of around 100,000 soldiers against Sassa Narimasa, a once former ally many years past.
During the siege of Toyama, Toyotomi's senior commander Maeda Toshinaga would play a very prominent role within the overall attack. In the end, Narimasa's defence was shattered, thus allowing Toyotomi supremacy over Etchu Province. [1]
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