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*[[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], [[Mori clan|Môri clan]] ''et al'' vs. [[Shimazu clan]], [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo clan]], [[Akizuki clan]] ''et al''
*[[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]], [[Mori clan|Môri clan]] ''et al'' vs. [[Shimazu clan]], [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo clan]], [[Akizuki clan]] ''et al''
**''Japanese:'' 九州征伐 (''Kyûshû seibatsu'')
**''Japanese:'' 九州征伐 (''Kyûshû seibatsu'')
**''Place: [[Kyushu|Kyûshû]]
**''Place: [[Kyushu|Kyûshû]]
==Hideyoshi's Invasion of Kyushu==
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{{Battles
|name=[[Kyushu Campaign|Kyûshû Campaign]]
|battles=
[[Battle of Takajo|Takajô]] -
[[Battle of Hetsugigawa|Hetsugigawa]] –
[[Siege of Ganjaku|Ganjaku]] –
[[Siege of Akizuki|Akizuki]] –
[[Battle of Sendaigawa|Sendaigawa]] –
[[Siege of Kagoshima|Kagoshima]]}}</td></tr></table>
[[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi Hideyoshi's]] Kyûshû Campaign of [[1587]] was part of his efforts to gain control of Japan at the end of the [[Sengoku period]]. Having subjugated much of [[Honshu|Honshû]] and [[Invasion of Shikoku (1585)|Shikoku]], and with his eye on [[Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea|invading Korea]], Hideyoshi turned his attention to the southernmost of the main Japanese islands, [[Kyushu|Kyûshû]], in 1587.
[[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi Hideyoshi's]] Kyûshû Campaign of [[1587]] was part of his efforts to gain control of Japan at the end of the [[Sengoku period]]. Having subjugated much of [[Honshu|Honshû]] and [[Invasion of Shikoku (1585)|Shikoku]], and with his eye on [[Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea|invading Korea]], Hideyoshi turned his attention to the southernmost of the main Japanese islands, [[Kyushu|Kyûshû]], in 1587.
The Ôtomo were supported by armies under [[Sengoku Hidehisa]] and [[Chosokabe Motochika|Chôsokabe Motochika]], a major Shikoku lord who had been defeated by Hideyoshi the previous year, and had thus joined him. Though Bungo province ultimately fell to the Shimazu. Sengoku and Chôsokabe delayed the Shimazu, however, and weakened them in preparation for the arrival of Hideyoshi's armies and those of the [[Mori clan|Môri clan]], another of Hideyoshi's allies.
The Ôtomo were supported by armies under [[Sengoku Hidehisa]] and [[Chosokabe Motochika|Chôsokabe Motochika]], a major Shikoku lord who had been defeated by Hideyoshi the previous year, and had thus joined him. Though Bungo province ultimately fell to the Shimazu. Sengoku and Chôsokabe delayed the Shimazu, however, and weakened them in preparation for the arrival of Hideyoshi's armies and those of the [[Mori clan|Môri clan]], another of Hideyoshi's allies.
[[Image:Japan Kyushu Kagoshima.png|250px|thumb|left|The island of Kyûshû, with modern-day Kagoshima prefecture, roughly corresponding to the [[Shimazu clan]]'s home [[Satsuma province|province of Satsuma]] highlighted.]]
[[Hashiba Hidenaga]], half-brother to Hideyoshi, landed to the south of Bungo, attacking the Shimazu at [[Takajo|Takajô]], on Kyûshû's eastern coast, in 1587. Meanwhile, Hideyoshi took his own forces down a more westerly route, attacking [[Ganjaku castle]] in [[Chikuzen province]], which was held by the [[Akizuki clan]]. Later that year, the two brothers would meet up in the Shimazu's home province of Satsuma, to assault their home castle at [[Kagoshima]]. Ultimately, Kagoshima itself was not attacked; the Shimazu surrendered, leaving Hideyoshi to return his attention to the [[Go-Hojo clan|Hôjô clan]] of the [[Kanto|Kantô]], the last major clan to oppose him.
[[Hashiba Hidenaga]], half-brother to Hideyoshi, landed to the south of Bungo, attacking the Shimazu at [[Takajo|Takajô]], on Kyûshû's eastern coast, in 1587. Meanwhile, Hideyoshi took his own forces down a more westerly route, attacking [[Ganjaku castle]] in [[Chikuzen province]], which was held by the [[Akizuki clan]]. Later that year, the two brothers would meet up in the Shimazu's home province of Satsuma, to assault their home castle at [[Kagoshima]]. Ultimately, Kagoshima itself was not attacked; the Shimazu surrendered, leaving Hideyoshi to return his attention to the [[Go-Hojo clan|Hôjô clan]] of the [[Kanto|Kantô]], the last major clan to oppose him.
''This article was written by [[User:LordAmeth]] and contributed to both S-A and Wikipedia; the author gives permission for his work to be used in this way.''
''This article was written by [[User:LordAmeth]] and contributed to both S-A and Wikipedia; the author gives permission for his work to be used in this way.''
*Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
*Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.
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