List of Japanese battles

The following is a list of Japanese battles, organised by date.

Yayoi Period

 * Civil war of Wa (146-189 or 178-184) ja:倭国大乱

Yamato Period

 * Takehaniyasuhiko Rebellion (c. 3rd century) ja:武埴安彦命
 * Goguryeo–Yamato War (391-404)
 * Kibi Clan Rebellion (463) ja:吉備氏の乱
 * Prince Hoshikawa Rebellion (479) ja:星川皇子
 * Iwai Rebellion (527-528) ja:磐井の乱
 * Musashi no Kuni no Miyatsuko Rebellion (534) ja:武蔵国造の乱
 * Battle of Shigisan (587) ja:丁未の乱
 * 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) ja:隼人の反乱
 * Fujiwara no Hirotsugu Rebellion (740)
 * Fujiwara-no Nakamaro Rebellion (764) ja:藤原仲麻呂の乱
 * 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
 * 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)
 * Gosannen War (1083-1087)
 * Siege of Kanezawa (1087)
 * 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 Nyoigatake (1509) ja:如意ケ嶽の戦い
 * Battle of Nagamorihara (1510) ja:長森原の戦い
 * Siege of Arai (1516)
 * Battle of Arita-Nakaide (1517) ja:有田中井手の戦い


 * 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
 * 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 Un no Kuchi (1536)
 * Battle of Sanbuichigahara (1536)
 * Hanakura Incident (1536) ja:花倉の乱
 * 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 Kunohe (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)
 * 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 (1861)
 * 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)
 * Siege of Goryokaku (1869)

Meiji Period

 * Saga Rebellion (1874)
 * Shinpūren Rebellion (1876)
 * Akizuki Rebellion (1876)
 * Hagi Rebellion (1876)
 * Satsuma Rebellion (1877)

First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)

 * Battle of Yalu River (1894)

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 1942 1943 1944 1945
 * 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
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)