Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Shibata Katsuie

Battles of Shibata Katsuie

Japanese nobleman and warrior, 1522 to 1583

Shibata Katsuie is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1544 and 1583: 6 battles and 3 sieges, all in present-day Japan. Taken in date order, the sites lie 676 km apart end to end, 84 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Ishiyama Hongan-ji War (1).

Battle of KanōguchiBattle of KiyosuSiege of Chōkō-jiBattle of TedorigawaBattle of InōSieges of NagashimaSiege of Ichijōdani CastleBattle of NagashinoBattle of ShizugatakeBattle of InōSieges of NagashimaSiege of Ichijōdani CastleBattle of NagashinoBattle of ShizugatakeŌsakaNaganoYokohamaKōbeKanazawaHamamatsuTsuGifuMatsumotoKōfu200 km35.700N, 136.827E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1544: 1 engagements1552: 1 engagements1556: 1 engagements1570: 2 engagements2 in 15701573: 1 engagements1575: 1 engagements1577: 1 engagements1583: 1 engagements15441583
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Kanōguchi, 1544Battle of Kiyosu, 1552Battle of Inō, 1556Sieges of Nagashima, 1570Siege of Chōkō-ji, 1570Siege of Ichijōdani Castle, 1573Battle of Nagashino, 1575Battle of Tedorigawa, 1577Battle of Shizugatake, 158315441583
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1544Battle of KanōguchiKanō, JapanSaitō clan victory
4 September 1552Battle of KiyosuKayazu, Japan25 km SOda Nobunaga victory
27 September 1556Battle of InōNazuka-chō, Japan5 km EOda Nobunaga victory
1570Sieges of NagashimaNagashima Castle, Japan22 km SWIkkō-ikki victory.
1570Siege of Chōkō-jiChōkō-ji Castle, Japan52 km WOda victory; Siege lifted.
1573Siege of Ichijōdani CastleIchijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins, Japan101 km NOda clan victory; Asakura clan destroyed
28 June 1575Battle of NagashinoNagashino Castle, Japan164 km SEOda–Tokugawa victory
3 November 1577Battle of TedorigawaTedori River, Japan197 km NWUesugi clan victory
11 June 1583Battle of ShizugatakeShizugatake, Japan111 km SDecisive Hideyoshi 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.