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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Uesugi Kenshin

Battles of Uesugi Kenshin

Japanese daimyo, 1530 to 1578

Uesugi Kenshin is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1553 and 1577: 3 battles and 2 sieges, all in present-day Japan. Taken in date order, the sites lie 541 km apart end to end, 135 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Battles of Kawanakajima (1).

Battles of KawanakajimaSiege of OdawaraBattle of KawanakajimaSiege of NanaoBattle of TedorigawaBattles of KawanakajimaSiege of OdawaraBattle of KawanakajimaSiege of NanaoBattle of TedorigawaŌsakaNagoyaKyotoYokohamaKōbeKanazawaHamamatsuShizuokaTsuGifu200 km36.130N, 137.817E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1553: 1 engagements1561: 2 engagements2 in 15611576: 1 engagements1577: 1 engagements15531577
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battles of Kawanakajima, 1553Siege of Odawara, 1561Battle of Kawanakajima, 1561Siege of Nanao, 1576Battle of Tedorigawa, 157715531577
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1553Battles of KawanakajimaKawanakajima, JapanInconclusive
1561Siege of OdawaraOdawara Castle, Japan178 km SEHōjō victory
August 1561Battle of KawanakajimaOld Battlefield of Kawanakajima, Japan173 km NWInconclusive
1576Siege of NanaoNanao Castle, Japan117 km NWUesugi victory
3 November 1577Battle of TedorigawaTedori River, Japan74 km SWUesugi 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.