Topic summary

Kyūshū campaign

Kyūshū campaign
BelligerentsToyotomi clan
Ōtomo clan
Chōsokabe clan
Mōri clanShimazu clan
Akizuki clanCommanders and leadersToyotomi Hideyoshi
Toyotomi Hidenaga
Otomo Sorin
Chosokabe Motochika
Kobayakawa Takakage
Mizuno TadashigeShimazu Yoshihisa
Shimazu Yoshihiro
Shimazu Toshihisa
Shimazu Toyohisa
Shimazu Iehisa
Akizuki TanezaneStrength 200,000 30,000

The Kyūshū campaign of 1586–1587 was part of the campaigns of Toyotomi Hideyoshi who sought to dominate Japan at the end of the Sengoku period. Having subjugated much of Honshū and Shikoku, Hideyoshi turned his attention to the southernmost of the main Japanese islands, Kyūshū.