 Following the Shimazu defeat at Sendaigawa, the Shimazu then retreated to their home castle of Kagoshima.Hideyoshi's forces numbering roughly 60,000, then made a landing, having set off from Akune.Under the leadership of Hashiba Hidenaga, Fukushima Masanori, Katō Kiyomasa and Kuroda Yoshitaka, they then surrounded the city.