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commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Wakizaka Yasuharu

Battles of Wakizaka Yasuharu

Japanese Daimyo, 1554 to 1626

Wakizaka Yasuharu is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1578 and 1600: 2 battles, 2 sieges and 4 naval actions across 2 present-day countries, most in South Korea (6), Japan (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,251 km apart end to end, 322 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First Japanese Invasion of Korea (2), Second Japanese Invasion of Korea (2), Chūgoku Campaign (1).

Siege of MikiBattle of YonginSiege of NamwonBattle of Hansan IslandBattle of ChilcheollyangBattle of MyeongnyangBattle of NoryangBattle of SekigaharaBattle of Hansan IslandBattle of ChilcheollyangBattle of NoryangBattle of SekigaharaŌsakaSeoulHiroshimaBusanNagoyaFukuokaIncheonKyotoDaejeonGwangju500 km35.902N, 131.385E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1578: 1 engagements1592: 2 engagements1597: 3 engagements3 in 15971598: 1 engagements1600: 1 engagements15781600
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Miki, 1578Battle of Yongin, 1592Battle of Hansan Island, 1592Battle of Chilcheollyang, 1597Siege of Namwon, 1597Battle of Myeongnyang, 1597Battle of Noryang, 1598Battle of Sekigahara, 160015781600
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1578Siege of MikiMiki Castle, JapanToyotomi victory
1592Battle of YonginSouth Korea751 km NWJapanese victory
15 August 1592Battle of Hansan IslandGyeonnaeryang strait, South Korea299 km SEJoseon victory
27 August 1597Battle of ChilcheollyangChilcheonnyang Strait, South Korea8 km NEJapanese victory
23 September 1597Siege of NamwonNamwon-eupseong Fortress, South Korea126 km NWJapanese victory
26 October 1597Battle of MyeongnyangMyeongnyang Strait, South Korea136 km SWJoseon victory
16 December 1598Battle of NoryangQ12590340, South Korea149 km EJoseon and Ming victory; End of the Imjin War
21 October 1600Battle of SekigaharaSekigahara, Japan782 km EEastern army 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.