Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Murakami Yoshikiyo

Battles of Murakami Yoshikiyo

daimyo, 1501 to 1573

Murakami Yoshikiyo is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1542 and 1561: 4 battles, all in present-day Japan. Taken in date order, the sites lie 90 km apart end to end, 30 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Battles of Kawanakajima (1).

Battle of SezawaBattle of UedaharaBattles of KawanakajimaBattle of KawanakajimaBattle of SezawaBattle of UedaharaBattles of KawanakajimaBattle of KawanakajimaNagoyaKyotoYokohamaKanazawaFukushimaShizuokaGifuIwakiMitoFukui200 km36.272N, 138.215E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1542: 1 engagements1 in 15421548: 1 engagements1 in 15481553: 1 engagements1 in 15531561: 1 engagements1 in 156115421561
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Sezawa, 1542Battle of Uedahara, 1548Battles of Kawanakajima, 1553Battle of Kawanakajima, 156115421561
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
25 March 1542Battle of SezawaSuwa district, JapanTakeda victory
23 March 1548Battle of UedaharaUeda, Japan56 km NMurakami victory
1553Battles of KawanakajimaKawanakajima, Japan28 km NInconclusive
August 1561Battle of KawanakajimaOld Battlefield of Kawanakajima, Japan6 km SInconclusive

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, 荒川吉五郎, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.