Kato Kiyomasa

Where they went

4 related events

1. 1
   1592Fall of Hanyangcommander

   Twenty days after landing at Busan, the Japanese entered the capital: Konishi Yukinaga through the East Gate on the 2nd of the fifth month, Kato Kiyomasa through the South Gate on the 3rd.

2. 2
   1592Fall of Pyongyangrelated figure

   After King Seonjo left, Konishi Yukinaga’s army crossed the Taedong and took Pyongyang, where it stayed until January 1593.

3. 3
   1593Second Siege of Jinjucommander

   On Hideyoshi’s orders to avenge the defeat of 1592, over 90,000 Japanese surrounded Jinju. It fell after nine days, and some 60,000 soldiers and townspeople inside were killed.

4. 4
   1597 – 1598Siege of Ulsancommander

   Over 50,000 Joseon and Ming troops besieged the castle Kato Kiyomasa was building at Ulsan. The garrison ran out of food and water, but the allies withdrew when a Japanese relief force arrived.

People who appear alongside

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  Konishi Yukinaga1558 – 1600

  Led the first Japanese division from the Busan landing up to Pyongyang

• Kim Cheon-il1537 – 1593

  Militia leader from Naju who threw himself into the Nam River when Jinju fell in 1593

• Choe Gyeong-hoe1532 – 1593

  Army commander of Right Gyeongsang who drowned himself in the Nam River when Jinju fell in 1593

• Hwang Jin1550 – 1593

  Joseon commander who fought at Ichi with Gwon Yul and was killed defending Jinju in 1593

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  Toyotomi Hideyoshi1537 – 1598

  Unified Japan and launched the invasion of Korea

• Yang Hao1629

  Ming commissioner who led the Ming army in the Jeongyu War and besieged Ulsan castle

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  Gwon Yul1537 – 1599

  Joseon general who routed the Japanese at Haengju and became commander-in-chief