Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Mōri Motonari

Battles of Mōri Motonari

a prominent daimyō in the west Chūgoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century, 1497 to 1571

Mōri Motonari is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1517 and 1555: 3 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day Japan. Taken in date order, the sites lie 73 km apart end to end, 24 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Three Surprise Attacks of Japan (1).

Battle of Arita-NakaideSiege of KoriyamaBattle of OshikibataBattle of MiyajimaBattle of Arita-NakaideSiege of KoriyamaBattle of OshikibataBattle of MiyajimaŌsakaFukuokaKōchiKōbeUlsanMatsuyamaKitakyūshūŌitaWakayamaSasebo200 km34.485N, 132.494E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1517: 1 engagements1 in 15171540: 1 engagements1 in 15401554: 1 engagements1 in 15541555: 1 engagements1 in 155515171555
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Arita-Nakaide, 1517Siege of Koriyama, 1540Battle of Oshikibata, 1554Battle of Miyajima, 155515171555
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
5 November 1517Battle of Arita-NakaideYamagata district, JapanMōri victory
1540Siege of KoriyamaYoshida-Kōriyama Castle, Japan16 km EMōri victory
4 July 1554Battle of OshikibataSaeki district, Japan50 km SWMōri victory
16 October 1555Battle of MiyajimaItsukushima, Japan7 km SEDecisive Mōri clan 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.