Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Shimazu Iehisa

samurai, 1547 to 1587

Shimazu Iehisa is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1578 and 1587: 3 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day Japan. Taken in date order, the sites lie 293 km apart end to end, 98 km between engagements on average.

Battle of MimigawaSiege of Minamata CastleBattle of OkitanawateBattle of TakajōBattle of MimigawaSiege of Minamata CastleBattle of OkitanawateBattle of TakajōNagasakiFukuokaKōchiMiyazakiKagoshimaMatsuyamaKitakyūshūŌitaSaseboKanoya200 km32.476N, 130.923E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1578: 1 engagements1 in 15781581: 1 engagements1 in 15811584: 1 engagements1 in 15841587: 1 engagements1 in 158715781587
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Mimigawa, 1578Siege of Minamata Castle, 1581Battle of Okitanawate, 1584Battle of Takajō, 158715781587
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1578Battle of MimigawaNiiniin Taka Castle, JapanShimazu clan victory
17 September 1581Siege of Minamata CastleMinamata, Japan102 km WShimazu victory
4 May 1584Battle of OkitanawateShimabara Peninsula, Japan65 km NAllied victory
1587Battle of TakajōJapan126 km SEToyotomi 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. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.