The 1554 siege of Kiso-Fukushima was a siege by Takeda Shingen on Fukushima Castle, in the

Kiso River The is a river in the Chubu region of Japan roughly long, flowing through the prefectures of Nagano, Gifu, Aichi, and Mie before emptying into Ise Bay a short distance away from the city of Nagoya.Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric ''et al.'' (2005) ...

Valley of

Shinano province or is an old province of Japan that is now Nagano Prefecture. Shinano bordered on Echigo, Etchū, Hida, Kai, Kōzuke, Mikawa, Mino, Musashi, Suruga, and Tōtōmi Provinces. The ancient capital was located near modern-day Matsumoto, whi ...

. This was one of many battles fought during Shingen's campaign to seize control of Shinano. Kiso Yoshiyasu, commander of the besieged castle, surrendered as his garrison ran out of food and water, as a result of Shingen's starvation siege tactics.

References

*Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co. Kiso-Fukushima Kiso-Fukushima 1554 in Japan Conflicts in 1554 {{Japan-battle-stub