Bessho forcesBessho
Bessho Nagaharu
別所長治
1558–1580 (aged 23)
- Domain / base
- Eastern Harima (Miki Castle)
- Battles in 3D
- 1 battle
Now I hold no grudge at all, when I think that this body of mine is given for the lives of all these people.
Death poem of Bessho Nagaharu
Head of the Bessho, a great family with power in eastern Harima, based at Miki Castle. At first he sided with the Oda, but in Tenshō 6 he broke away for the Mōri and rallied the anti-Oda forces of the region. Hashiba Hideyoshi ringed Miki Castle many ranks deep and imposed a thorough blockade, cutting every supply route, in what became known as the "starvation siege of Miki." Nagaharu endured the siege for nearly two years, but at last his strength gave out, and on condition that every soldier in the castle be spared he took his own life with his family, aged 23.
Life and battlesGold dots mark battles you can watch in 3D
- 1578Tenshō 6
Breaking with the Oda
Sided with the Mōri, shut himself in Miki Castle and raised troops against the Oda.
- 1578
Siege of Miki
Lord of Miki Castle from a great family of eastern Harima. He relied on the Mōri and turned on the Oda, but after a siege of a year and ten months took his own life in exchange for the lives of his garrison.
Miki Castle, Harima Province Commander-in-chief 4,000 troops Watch in 3D › - 1580Tenshō 8
Surrender of Miki Castle
After two years of starvation siege he took his own life with his family in exchange for the lives of his garrison.
