Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Honjō Shigenaga

Battles of Honjō Shigenaga

samurai, 1540 to 1614

Honjō Shigenaga is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1553 and 1600: 3 battles and 2 sieges, all in present-day Japan. Taken in date order, the sites lie 547 km apart end to end, 137 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Battles of Kawanakajima (1).

Battles of KawanakajimaBattle of KawanakajimaBattle of TedorigawaSiege of OtateSiege of HasedōBattles of KawanakajimaBattle of KawanakajimaBattle of TedorigawaSiege of OtateSiege of HasedōNiigataKanazawaFukushimaIwakiMitoFukuiMatsumotoNagaokaTsuruokaUtsunomiya200 km37.346N, 138.376E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1553: 1 engagements1 in 15531561: 1 engagements1 in 15611577: 1 engagements1 in 15771578: 1 engagements1 in 15781600: 1 engagements1 in 160015531600
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battles of Kawanakajima, 1553Battle of Kawanakajima, 1561Battle of Tedorigawa, 1577Siege of Otate, 1578Siege of Hasedō, 160015531600
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1553Battles of KawanakajimaKawanakajima, JapanInconclusive
August 1561Battle of KawanakajimaOld Battlefield of Kawanakajima, Japan6 km SInconclusive
3 November 1577Battle of TedorigawaTedori River, Japan153 km WUesugi clan victory
17 March 1578Siege of OtateUesugi Castle, Japan174 km NESiege successful; Uesugi Kagekatsu victorious
1600Siege of HasedōHasedō Castle, Japan214 km NEEastern Army 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, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.