Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Yamagata Aritomo

Battles of Yamagata Aritomo

Japanese military leader and statesman (1838–1922)

Yamagata Aritomo is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1868 and 1894: 6 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in Japan (5), North Korea (1), China (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,253 km apart end to end, 376 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Boshin War (3), First Sino-Japanese War (2).

Battle of HatchōokiSiege of Kumamoto CastleBattle of HokuetsuBattle of AizuBattle of ShiroyamaBattle of PyongyangBattle of JiulianchengBattle of HokuetsuBattle of AizuBattle of ShiroyamaBattle of PyongyangBattle of JiulianchengŌsakaSeoulHiroshimaNagasakiBusanNagoyaDalianFukuokaIncheonJinxi500 km35.884N, 132.004E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1868: 3 engagements3 in 18681877: 2 engagements1894: 2 engagements18681894
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Hokuetsu, 1868Battle of Hatchōoki, 1868Battle of Aizu, 1868Siege of Kumamoto Castle, 1877Battle of Shiroyama, 1877Battle of Pyongyang, 1894Battle of Jiuliancheng, 189418681894
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1868Battle of HokuetsuNagaoka, JapanImperial victory
10 August 1868Battle of HatchōokiQ11390453, Japan5 km NENorthern Alliance victory
6 November 1868Battle of AizuAizu, Japan62 km EImperial victory
19 February 1877Siege of Kumamoto CastleKumamoto Castle, Japan948 km SWImperial victory
24 September 1877Battle of ShiroyamaMount Shiroyama, Japan134 km SImperial victory
15 September 1894Battle of PyongyangPyongyang, North Korea934 km NWJapanese victory
24 October 1894Battle of JiulianchengYalu River, China169 km NWJapanese 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 photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.