Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Saigō Takamori

Battles of Saigō Takamori

samurai of the Satsuma domain, supreme commander of Japanese army, one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (1828-1877)

Saigō Takamori is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1868 and 1877: 3 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day Japan. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,400 km apart end to end, 467 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Boshin War (2).

Battle of Toba-FushimiBattle of UenoSiege of Kumamoto CastleBattle of ShiroyamaBattle of Toba-FushimiBattle of UenoSiege of Kumamoto CastleBattle of ShiroyamaŌsakaHiroshimaNagasakiFukuokaKōchiMiyazakiYokohamaKōbeMatsuyamaKitakyūshū500 km33.656N, 135.162E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1868: 2 engagements2 in 18681877: 2 engagements2 in 187718681877
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Toba-Fushimi, 1868Battle of Ueno, 1868Siege of Kumamoto Castle, 1877Battle of Shiroyama, 187718681877
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
31 January 1868Battle of Toba-FushimiToba, JapanImperial victory
4 July 1868Battle of UenoUeno, Japan372 km EImperial victory
19 February 1877Siege of Kumamoto CastleKumamoto Castle, Japan894 km WImperial victory
24 September 1877Battle of ShiroyamaMount Shiroyama, Japan134 km SImperial 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, Ishikawa Shizumasa (1848-1925), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.