Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Katō Yoshiaki

Battles of Katō Yoshiaki

daimyo, 1563 to 1631

Katō Yoshiaki is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1583 and 1597: 2 battles and 2 naval actions across 2 present-day countries, most in Japan (2), South Korea (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,068 km apart end to end, 356 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Japanese invasions of Korea (2).

Battle of ShizugatakeBattle of Komaki and NagakuteBattle of ChilcheollyangBattle of MyeongnyangBattle of ShizugatakeBattle of Komaki and NagakuteBattle of ChilcheollyangBattle of MyeongnyangŌsakaSeoulHiroshimaNagasakiBusanFukuokaIncheonDaejeonGwangjuKōchi500 km35.037N, 131.678E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1583: 1 engagements1584: 1 engagements1597: 2 engagements2 in 159715831597
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Shizugatake, 1583Battle of Komaki and Nagakute, 1584Battle of Chilcheollyang, 1597Battle of Myeongnyang, 159715831597
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
11 June 1583Battle of ShizugatakeShizugatake, JapanDecisive Hideyoshi victory
1584Battle of Komaki and NagakuteKomakiyama Castle, Japan86 km SEinconclusive; Peace negotiations between Hideyoshi and...
27 August 1597Battle of ChilcheollyangChilcheonnyang Strait, South Korea773 km WJapanese victory
26 October 1597Battle of MyeongnyangMyeongnyang Strait, South Korea208 km WJoseon victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.