Siege of Tanabe
The 1600 siege of Tanabe was one of a number of battles which took place in parallel to the more influential series of battles known as the Sekigahara Campaign which led to the unification of Japan under Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Tanabe castle was command held of Hosokawa Tadaoki. Tadaoki father Hosokawa Fujitaka and his mother Numata Jakō defended the castle walls againts Ishida Mitsunari's western forces. It is said that, due to the respect they held for Hosokawa, the besieging army was somewhat slower and less effective than they might have been otherwise, and in the end the battle served to tie up these Western Army contingents, preventing them from being present at Sekigahara.
