Atlas of Battles

commander, 15 engagements

Battles of Tokugawa Ieyasu

Battles of Tokugawa Ieyasu

founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1543–1616)

Tokugawa Ieyasu is recorded as a commander at 15 placed engagements in the atlas between 1558 and 1615: 8 battles and 7 sieges, all in present-day Japan. Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,226 km apart end to end, 159 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Siege of Osaka (2), Operation Nishikami (1).

Siege of TerabeBattle of AzukizakaSiege of KanegasakiSecond Siege of TakatenjinBattle of TenmokuzanBattle of Komaki and NagakuteSiege of KanieSiege of KunoheSummer Siege of OsakaBattle of TennōjiBattle of AnegawaBattle of MikatagaharaBattle of NagashinoBattle of SekigaharaSiege of OsakaBattle of AnegawaBattle of MikatagaharaBattle of NagashinoBattle of SekigaharaSiege of OsakaHiroshimaSendaiNaganoSakata500 km37.453N, 138.407E
15 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1558: 1 engagements1564: 1 engagements1570: 2 engagements2 in 15701573: 1 engagements1575: 1 engagements1581: 1 engagements1582: 1 engagements1584: 2 engagements2 in 15841591: 1 engagements1600: 1 engagements1614: 1 engagements1615: 2 engagements2 in 161515581615
15 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Terabe, 1558Battle of Azukizaka, 1564Siege of Kanegasaki, 1570Battle of Anegawa, 1570Battle of Mikatagahara, 1573Battle of Nagashino, 1575Second Siege of Takatenjin, 1581Battle of Tenmokuzan, 1582Battle of Komaki and Nagakute, 1584Siege of Kanie, 1584Siege of Kunohe, 1591Battle of Sekigahara, 1600Siege of Osaka, 1614Summer Siege of Osaka, 1615Battle of Tennōji, 161515581615
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
May 1558Siege of TerabeTerabe Castle, JapanOda victory
15 January 1564Battle of AzukizakaNukata district, Japan18 km SMatsudaira victory
1570Siege of KanegasakiKanegasaki Castle, Japan129 km NWNobunaga withdraws his forces; Successful retreat by...
30 July 1570Battle of AnegawaAnegawa River, Japan36 km SEOda–Tokugawa victory.
25 January 1573Battle of MikatagaharaMikatahara, Japan143 km SETakeda clan victory; Tokugawa Ieyasu retreat; Takeda...
28 June 1575Battle of NagashinoNagashino Castle, Japan21 km NWOda–Tokugawa victory
22 March 1581Second Siege of TakatenjinTakatenjin Castle, Japan53 km SESiege succeeds; Oda-Tokugawa victory
3 April 1582Battle of TenmokuzanMount Tenmoku, Japan127 km NEOda victory, Takeda clan eradicated
1584Battle of Komaki and NagakuteKomakiyama Castle, Japan168 km Winconclusive; Peace negotiations between Hideyoshi and...
1584Siege of KanieKanie Castle, Japan24 km WOda-Tokugawa victory
1591Siege of KunoheKunohe Castle, Japan695 km NEToyotomi victory
21 October 1600Battle of SekigaharaSekigahara, Japan691 km SWEastern army victory
8 November 1614Siege of OsakaOsaka Castle, Japan118 km SWTokugawa victory
1615Summer Siege of OsakaOsaka Castle, Japan0 km NTokugawa victory
3 June 1615Battle of TennōjiTennōji, Japan2 km NWTokugawa 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, Kanō Tan'yū, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.