Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Sō Yoshitoshi

Battles of Sō Yoshitoshi

daimyo, 1568 to 1615

Sō Yoshitoshi is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1592 and 1598: 4 sieges and 1 naval action across 2 present-day countries, most in South Korea (4), North Korea (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,023 km apart end to end, 256 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First Japanese Invasion of Korea (3), Second Japanese Invasion of Korea (1).

Siege of DongnaeSiege of BusanSiege of PyongyangSiege of NamwonBattle of NoryangSiege of DongnaeSiege of BusanSiege of PyongyangSiege of NamwonBattle of NoryangSeoulIncheonDaejeonGwangjuDaeguNampoSuwonUlsanWeihaiPohang200 km36.988N, 127.407E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1592: 2 engagements2 in 15921593: 1 engagements1597: 1 engagements1598: 1 engagements15921598
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Dongnae, 1592Siege of Busan, 1592Siege of Pyongyang, 1593Siege of Namwon, 1597Battle of Noryang, 159815921598
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
15 April 1592Siege of DongnaeDongnaeeupseong Fortress, South KoreaJapanese victory
24 May 1592Siege of BusanBusanjinseong, South Korea5 km SWJapanese victory
6 February 1593Siege of PyongyangPyongyang Castle, North Korea521 km NWMing China-Joseon victory; Japanese retreat from Pyeongyang
23 September 1597Siege of NamwonNamwon-eupseong Fortress, South Korea428 km SJapanese victory
16 December 1598Battle of NoryangQ12590340, South Korea68 km SEJoseon and Ming victory; End of the Imjin War

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, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.