battle, early modern

Battle of Jiksan

Name: Battle of Jiksan
Start: 1597-10-16
Location: South Korea

Battle of Jiksan was a battle fought on 16 October 1597 in what is now South Korea. It was part of Second Japanese Invasion of Korea, which ran from 1597 to 1598. The recorded result: Ming victory. Recorded strength: 30,000 against 6,000 infantry; 2,000 cavalry.

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Fought16 October 1597

WhereSouth Korea36.817N, 127.167E

OutcomeMing victory

BelligerentsJapanese armyagainstMing army

Casualties and losses600and85+

Part ofSecond Japanese Invasion of Korea1597 to 1598

Where it sits in Second Japanese Invasion of Korea

4 placed engagements of Second Japanese Invasion of Korea in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	16 October 1597
Place	South Korea 36.817N, 127.167E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	30,000	6,000 infantry; 2,000 cavalry
Casualties and losses	600	85+
Commanders	Kuroda Nagamasa Mori Hidemoto Shishido Mototsugu	Ma Gui (general)

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Chonan 1950, 1.9 km SW
Battle of Seonghwan 1894, 11 km N
Battle of Pyongtaek 1950, 21 km N
Battle of Chochiwon 1950, 27 km SE
Battle of Cheongju 1592, 35 km SE

In the same war

Before: Siege of Namwon 23 September 1597
After: Battle of Myeongnyang 26 October 1597
All 4 engagements of Second Japanese Invasion of Korea

Elsewhere in 1597

Battle of Jiksan is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 113 in present-day South Korea.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871338, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Jiksan, revision 1370266384, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.