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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Tachibana Muneshige

Battles of Tachibana Muneshige

samurai, 1567 to 1643

Tachibana Muneshige is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1593 and 1615: 4 sieges and 1 naval action across 2 present-day countries, most in Japan (3), South Korea (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 811 km apart end to end, 203 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Japanese invasions of Korea (2), Siege of Osaka (1).

Siege of JinjuBattle of NoryangSiege of ŌtsuSiege of OsakaSummer Siege of OsakaSiege of JinjuBattle of NoryangSiege of ŌtsuSiege of OsakaSummer Siege of OsakaHiroshimaFukuokaDaejeonKōchiDaeguUlsanMatsuyamaPohangKitakyūshūŌita200 km34.914N, 131.863E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1593: 1 engagements1 in 15931598: 1 engagements1 in 15981600: 1 engagements1 in 16001614: 1 engagements1 in 16141615: 1 engagements1 in 161515931615
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Jinju, 1593Battle of Noryang, 1598Siege of Ōtsu, 1600Siege of Osaka, 1614Summer Siege of Osaka, 161515931615
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
21 July 1593Siege of JinjuJinju Fortress, South KoreaJapanese victory
16 December 1598Battle of NoryangQ12590340, South Korea33 km SWJoseon and Ming victory; End of the Imjin War
1600Siege of ŌtsuŌtsu Castle, Japan726 km EMōri victory
8 November 1614Siege of OsakaOsaka Castle, Japan52 km SWTokugawa victory
1615Summer Siege of OsakaOsaka Castle, Japan0 km NTokugawa 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.