Siege of Mt. Hiei or the Great Fire of Mt. Hiei (比叡山焼き討ち) was a horrible event that happened in 1571 (Genki 2).
About[]
After allying each other to fight Oda, the Azai and Asakura used Mt. Hiei's temple as a stronghold ( Battle of Anegawa), but were defeated. Oda, therefore, would not surrender the territory. It was a convenient place near Kyoto.
In Seishin[]
Participants[]
- Nobunaga Oda (Lead)
- Mitsuhide Akechi
- Katsuie Shibata
- Tsuneoki Ikeda
- Kai Shimoyama (Seishin)