List of Japanese battles

Jōmon Period

East Expedition of Emperor Jinmu (c.7th century BCE) ja:神武東征

Yayoi Period

Takehaniyasuhiko Rebellion (c.1st century BCE) ja:武埴安彦命

Expedition of Yamato Takeru (c.late 1st century-early 2nd century) ja:ヤマトタケル

Civil war of Wa (146-189 or 178-184)

Yamato Period

Expedition of Empress Jingū(c.3rd century) ja:三韓征伐

Goguryeo–Yamato War (391-404)

Kibi Clan Rebellion (463)

Prince Hoshikawa Rebellion (479)

Iwai Rebellion (527-528)

Musashi no Kuni no Miyatsuko Rebellion (534) ja:武蔵国造の乱

Battle of Shigisan (587)

Isshi Incident (645)　

North expedition of Abe no Hirafu (658-660) ja:阿倍比羅夫

Battle of Baekgang (663)

Jinshin War (672)　

Nara Period

Hayato Rebellion (720-721)

Fujiwara no Hirotsugu Rebellion (740)

Fujiwara no Nakamaro Rebellion (764)

Thirty-Eight Year War (774-811)

Hōki Rebellion (780-781?) ja:宝亀の乱

Battle of Subuse (788) ja:巣伏の戦い

Heian Period

Thirty-Eight Year War (774-811)

Conquest by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (801)

Last Conquest　by Funya no Watamaro (811)

Gangyō Rebellion (878) ja:元慶の乱

Kanbyō Silla pirate invasion (893) ja:新羅の入寇

Jōhei-Tengyō Rebellion (936-941) ja:承平天慶の乱

Fujiwara no Koresuke Rebellion (947) ja:藤原是助の乱

Toi invasion (1019)

Taira no Tadatsune Rebellion (1028-1030) ja:平忠常の乱

Zenkunen War (1051-1062)

Battle of Onikiribe (1051)

Battle of Kinomi (1057)

Siege of Komatsu (1062)

Siege of Koromogawa (1062)

Siege of Kuriyagawa　(1062)

Enkyū Battle of Ezo (1070) ja:延久蝦夷合戦

Gosannen War (1083-1087)

Siege of Kanezawa (1087)

Minamoto no Yoshichika Rebellion (1107-1108) ja:源義親の乱

Hōgen Rebellion (1156)

Heiji Rebellion (1159)

Genpei War (1180-1185)

Battle of Ishibashiyama (1180)　

Battle of Fujigawa (1180)

Battle of Sunomata-gawa (1181)

Battle of Kurikara (1183)

Siege of Hōjūjidono (1184)　

Battle of Uji (1184)

Battle of Awazu (1184)

Battle of Ichi-no-Tani (1184)

Battle of Kojima (1184)

Battle of Yashima (1185)

Battle of Dan-no-ura (1185)

Kamakura Period

Ōshū War(1189) ja:奥州合戦

Wada Rebellion (1213) ja:和田合戦

Miura Rebellion (1247) ja:宝治合戦

Jōkyū War (1221)

Battle of Uji (1221)

Mongol Invasions of Japan (1274 & 1281)

Battle of Bun'ei (1274)　

Battle of Kōan (1281)

Genkō War (1331-1333)

Siege of Kasagi(1331)

Siege of Akasaka (1331)

Siege of Chihaya (1333)

Battle of Bubaigawara (1333)　

Siege of Kamakura (1333)

Muromachi Period

Nakasendai Rebellion (1335) ja:中先代の乱

Nanboku-chō period (1336-1392)

Battle of Tatarahama(1336)

Battle of Minatogawa (1336)

Siege of Kanegasaki (1337)

Battle of Ishizu (1338) ja:石津の戦い

Battle of Shijō Nawate (1348)

Kannō Incident　(1350-1352) ja:観応の擾乱

Battle of Uchidehama (1351) ja:打出浜の戦い

Battle of Chikugogawa (1359) ja:筑後川の戦い

Ōei Rebellion (1399) ja:応永の乱

Rebellion of Uesugi Zenshū (1416-1417) ja:上杉禅秀の乱

Eikyō Rebellion (1438-1439) ja:永享の乱

Siege of Yūki (1440) ja:結城合戦

Kakitsu Incident (1441) ja:嘉吉の乱

Koshamain's Revolt (1456-1457) ja:コシャマインの戦い

Kyōtoku Incident(1455-1482)

Battle of Bubaigawara (1455) ja:分倍河原の戦い(室町時代)

Battle of Irako (1459-1477) ja:五十子の戦い

Nagao Kageharu Rebellion (1476-1480) ja:長尾景春の乱

Battle of Egota-Numabukurohara (1477) ja:江古田・沼袋原の戦い

Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama period

Chōkyō Incident (1487-1505)　ja:長享の乱

Battle of Tachigawara (1504) ja:立河原の戦い

Battle of Kuzuryūgawa (1506)

Battle of Nyoigatake (1509) ja:如意ケ嶽の戦い

Battle of Nagamorihara (1510) ja:長森原の戦い

Siege of Gongenyama (1510)

Siege of Arai (1516)

Battle of Arita-Nakaide (1517) ja:有田中井手の戦い

Battle of Iidagawara (1521)

Ningbo Turmoil (1523) ja:寧波の乱

Battle of Katsuragawa (1527) ja:桂川原の戦い

Battle of Tatenawate (1530) ja:田手畷の戦い

Battle of Shiokawa no gawara (1531)

Kyoroku War (1531) ja:享禄の錯乱

Battle of Daimotsu (1531) ja:大物崩れ

Tenbun War (1532-1535) ja:天文の錯乱

Siege of Iimoriyama (1532) ja:飯盛山城の戦い

Siege of Sakai (1532)

Siege of Yamashina Honganji (1532) ja:山科本願寺の戦い

Battle of Idano (1535)

Battle of Un no Kuchi (1536)　

Battle of Sanbuichigahara (1536)

Hanakura Incident (1536) ja:花倉の乱

Battle of Sendanno (1536)

Battle of Un no kuchi (1536)

Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1537)　

Battle of Kōnodai (1538)

Siege of Koriyama (1540-1541)

Battle of Azukizaka (1542)

Siege of Toda Castle (1542-1543)

Utsuro Rebellion (1542-1548) ja:天文の乱(洞の乱)

Battle of Kawagoe (1546)

Battle of Odaihara (1546)

Battle of Azukizaka (1548)

Battle of Uedahara (1548)

Siege of Toishi (1550) ja:砥石崩れ

Battle of Kaizu (1552)

Battles of Kawanakajima (1553, 1555, 1557, 1561, 1564)

Battle of Enshu-Omori (1554)

Battle of Ino (1555)

Battle of Miyajima (1555)

Battle of Nagaragawa (1556)

Battle of Ukino (1558)

Siege of Terabe (1558)

Battle of Kōnodai (1564)

Siege of Minowa (1566)

Siege of Hachigata (1568)

Battle of Mimasetoge (1569)

Battle of Takehiro (1571)

Siege of Iwamura Castle (1572)

Battle of Mimigawa (1578)

Battle of Okitanawate (1584)

Battle of Suriagehara (1589)

Oda Nobunaga's battles

Battle of Norada (1560)

Siege of Marune (1560)

Battle of Okehazama (1560)

Siege of Inabayama Castle (1567)

Battle of Anegawa (1570)

Siege of Mount Hiei (1571)

Sieges of Nagashima (1571, 1573, 1574)

Battle of Mikatagahara (1572)

Siege of Odani (1573)

Sieges of Taketenjin (1574, 1580-1581)

Second Siege of Iwamura Castle (1575)

Battle of Nagashino (1575)

Battle of Tedorigawa (1577)

Siege of Miki (1578-1580)

Siege of Takamatsu (1582)

Incident at Honnō-ji (1582)

Unification by Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Battle of Yamazaki (1582)

Battle of Shizugatake (1583)

Battle of Komaki and Nagakute (1584)

Invasion of Shikoku (1585)

Battle of Hetsugigawa (1587)

Siege of Odawara (1590)

Siege of Kunoe (1591)

Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea

Battle of Bunroku (1592-1593)

Battle of Keicho (1597-1598)

Siege of Ulsan (1597-1598)

Battle of Sacheon (1598)

Battle of Noryang (1598)

Battle of Sekigahara (1600)

Siege of Fushimi

Battle of Gifu Castle

Siege of Ueda

Edo Period

Invasion of Ryukyu (1609)

Siege of Osaka (1614-1615)

Winter Campaign (大坂冬の陣 Osaka Fuyu no Jin)

Battle of Imafuku (1614)

Battle of Shigino (1614)

Battle of Kizugawa (1614)

Battle of Noda-Fukushima (1614)

Siege of Sanada-maru (1615)

Summer Campaign (大坂夏の陣 Osaka Natsu no Jin)

Battle of Kashii (1615)

Battle of Dōmyōji (1615)

Battle of Yao (1615)

Battle of Wakae (1615)

Battle of Tennoji (1615)

Shimabara Rebellion (1637-1638)

Shakushain's Revolt (1669-1672)

Jōkyō Uprising (1686)

Ueda Rebellion (1761) ja:上田騒動

Nijinomatsubara Rebellion (1771) ja:虹の松原一揆

Menashi-Kunashir Rebellion (1789)

Ōshio Heihachirō's Rebellion (1837)

Tsushima Incident (1862)

Battle of Shimonoseki Straits (1863)

Battles for Shimonoseki (1863)

Bombardment of Kagoshima (1863)

Mito Rebellion (1864)

Kinmon Incident (1864)

First Chōshū expedition (1864)

Battles for Shimonoseki (1864)

Second Chōshū expedition (1866)

Boshin War (1868-1869)

Battle of Toba–Fushimi (1868)

Battle of Awa (1868)

Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma (1868)

Battle of Utsunomiya Castle (1868)

Battle of Ueno (1868)

Battle of Aizu (1868)

Battle of Miyako Bay (1869)

Battle of Hakodate (1869)

Naval Battle of Hakodate (1869)

Meiji Period

Saga Rebellion (1874)

Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874)

Ganghwa Island incident (1875)

Shinpūren Rebellion (1876)

Akizuki Rebellion (1876)

Hagi Rebellion (1876)

Satsuma Rebellion (1877)

Siege of Kumamoto Castle (1877)

Battle of Tabaruzaka (1877)

Battle of Shiroyama (1877)

Donghak Peasant Revolution (1894-1895)

Battle of Ugeumchi (1894)

First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)

Battle of Pungdo (1894)

Battle of Seonghwan (1894)

Battle of Pyongyang (1894)

Battle of Yalu River (1894)

Battle of Jiuliancheng (1894)

Battle of Lushunkou (1894)

Battle of Weihaiwei (1895)

Battle of Yingkou (1895)

Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)

Pescadores Campaign (1895)

Battle of Keelung (1895) (1895)

Hsinchu Campaign (1895)

Battle of Baguashan (1895)

Battle of Chiayi (1895)

Battle of Chiatung (1895)

Capitulation of Tainan (1895)

Battle of Changhsing (1895)

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)

Battle of Port Arthur (1904-1905)

Battle of Yalu River (1904)

Battle of the Yellow Sea (1904)

Battle of Nanshan (1904)

Battle of Shantung (1904)

Battle of Dairen (1904)

Battle of Liaoyang (1904)

Battle of Tsushima (1905)

Battle of Mukden (1905)

World War I (1914-1918)

Siege of Tsingtao

Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)

Marco Polo Bridge Incident (1937)

Battle of Beiping–Tianjin (July–August 1937)

Battle of Shanghai (1937)

Battle of Pingxingguan (1937)

Battle of Nanjing (1937)

Battle of Taiyuan (1937)

Battle of Xuzhou (1937)

Battle of Taierzhuang (1938)

Battle of Wuhan (1938)

Battle of Canton (October–December 1938)

Battles of Khalkhin Gol (Nomonhan Incident) (1939)

Battle of Changsha (1939)

Hundred Regiments Offensive (1940)

World War II

1941

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Japanese invasion of Thailand

Battle of Malaya

Battle of Hong Kong

Battle of Guam

Battle of Wake Island

Battle of Singapore

Battle of Borneo

1942

Battle of Bataan

Battle of Manado

Battle of Tarakan

Battle of Balikpapan

Battle of Ambon

Marshalls-Gilberts raids

Battle of Makassar Strait

Invasion of Sumatra

Battle of Palembang

Battle of Badung Strait

Battle of Timor

Battle of the Java Sea

Battle of the Coral Sea

Battle of Corregidor

Battle of Midway

Battle of the Eastern Solomons

Battle of Savo Island

Battle of Milne Bay

Battle of Tassafaronga

Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

Battle of Guadalcanal (7 August 1942 - 9 February 1943)

1943

Battle of the Bismarck Sea (2–4 March)

Battle of the Komandorski Islands (27 March)

Battle of Bairoko (20 July)

Battle of Empress Augusta Bay (1–2 November)

Battle of Tarawa (20 November - 23 November)

1944

Battle of Imphal (March - July)

Battle of the Philippine Sea (19–20 June)

Battle of Saipan (15 June - 9 July)

Battle of Guam (21 July — 10 August)

Battle of Peleliu (September – November)

Battle of Leyte Gulf (23–26 October)

Battle of Leyte (17 October - 31 December)

1945

Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March)

Battle of Okinawa (April - June)

Operation Ten-Go (April)

Soviet invasion of Manchuria (9 August – 2 September)

Heisei Period

Battle of Amami-Ōshima (2001)