Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Uesugi Kagekatsu

Battles of Uesugi Kagekatsu

daimyo during the Sengoku and Edo periods, 1556 to 1623

Uesugi Kagekatsu is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1577 and 1615: 3 battles and 4 sieges, all in present-day Japan. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,429 km apart end to end, 238 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Siege of Osaka (3).

Siege of KunoheSummer Siege of OsakaBattle of TedorigawaSiege of OtateBattle of ImafukuSiege of OsakaBattle of ShiginoBattle of TedorigawaSiege of OtateBattle of ImafukuSiege of OsakaBattle of ShiginoHiroshimaNagoyaSendaiKyotoSakata500 km37.453N, 138.412E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1577: 1 engagements1578: 1 engagements1591: 1 engagements1600: 1 engagements1614: 2 engagements2 in 16141615: 1 engagements15771615
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Tedorigawa, 1577Siege of Otate, 1578Siege of Kunohe, 1591Battle of Imafuku, 1600Siege of Osaka, 1614Battle of Shigino, 1614Summer Siege of Osaka, 161515771615
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
3 November 1577Battle of TedorigawaTedori River, JapanUesugi clan victory
17 March 1578Siege of OtateUesugi Castle, Japan174 km NESiege successful; Uesugi Kagekatsu victorious
1591Siege of KunoheKunohe Castle, Japan435 km NEToyotomi victory
26 December 1600Battle of ImafukuYamato River, Japan800 km SWTokugawa victory
8 November 1614Siege of OsakaOsaka Castle, Japan7 km STokugawa victory
26 December 1614Battle of ShiginoYamato River, Japan6 km NEInconclusive
1615Summer Siege of OsakaOsaka Castle, Japan6 km SWTokugawa 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.