battle, early modern

Battle of Kyōkōji

Name: Battle of Kyōkōji
Start: 1562-05-20
Location: Q11499470, Japan

Battle of Kyōkōji was a battle fought on 20 May 1562 at Q11499470, in what is now Japan; it lasted 32 days. The recorded result: Miyoshi victory. Recorded strength: 60,000 against 40,000.

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Fought20 May 1562lasted 32 days

WhereQ11499470, Japan34.619N, 135.636E

OutcomeMiyoshi victory

Belligerents20px Miyoshi clanagainst20px Hatakeyama clan

Record

Date	20 May 1562 to 21 June 1562
Place	Q11499470, Japan 34.619N, 135.636E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	60,000	40,000
Commanders	Miyoshi Nagayoshi	Hatakeyama Takamasa Shima Sakon

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

Nearest engagements

Siege of Shigisan 1577, 3.0 km E
Battle of Taiheiji 1542, 4.1 km S
Battle of Yao 1615, 4.4 km NW
Siege of Wakae Castle 1573, 5.0 km NW
Siege of Wakae Castle 1477, 5.0 km NW

Contested ground: this site was fought over 8 times between 1477 and 1615.

Elsewhere in 1562

Battle of Kyōkōji is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 481 in present-day Japan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871508, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Kyōkōji, revision 1370267605, 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.