Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Nitta Yoshisada

Battles of Nitta Yoshisada

Japanese samurai lord (1301–1338)

Nitta Yoshisada is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1333 and 1337: 4 battles and 3 sieges, all in present-day Japan. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,349 km apart end to end, 225 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Genkō War (5).

Battle of KotesashiSiege of KanegasakiBattle of BubaigawaraSiege of ChihayaBattle of KumegawaSiege of KamakuraBattle of MinatogawaBattle of BubaigawaraSiege of ChihayaBattle of KumegawaSiege of KamakuraBattle of MinatogawaNagoyaKyotoYokohamaKanazawaHamamatsuShizuokaTsuWakayamaGifuMito200 km35.107N, 137.358E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1333: 5 engagements5 in 13331336: 1 engagements1337: 1 engagements13331337
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Bubaigawara, 1333Siege of Chihaya, 1333Battle of Kotesashi, 1333Battle of Kumegawa, 1333Siege of Kamakura, 1333Battle of Minatogawa, 1336Siege of Kanegasaki, 133713331337
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1333Battle of BubaigawaraFuchū, JapanImperial victory
1333Siege of ChihayaChihaya Castle, Japan374 km WSiege fails; Imperial victory
23 June 1333Battle of KotesashiKotesashi, Japan376 km NEImperial victory
24 June 1333Battle of KumegawaYanase River, Japan5 km SEImperial victory
5 July 1333Siege of KamakuraKamakura, Japan51 km SImperial victory
4 July 1336Battle of MinatogawaMinato River, Japan406 km WAshikaga victory
7 April 1337Siege of KanegasakiKanegasaki Castle, Japan137 km NEShogunate 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.