List of Japanese battles

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

Ancient/Classical Japan

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)

Asuka 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)

Feudal Japan

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)

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

Ōnin War (1467-1477)

Sengoku 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
Siege of Edo (1524)
Siege of Kamakura (1526)
Battle of Nashinokidaira (1526)
Battle of Katsuragawa (1527) ja:桂川原の戦い
Battle of Ozawahara (1530)
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)
Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1537)　
Battle of Kōnodai (1538)
Siege of Koriyama (1540-1541)
Battle of Sezawa (1542)
First 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 Kanōguchi (1547)
Second Battle of Azukizaka (1548)
Battle of Uedahara (1548)
Siege of Toishi (1550) ja:砥石崩れ
Tainei-ji incident (1551)
Battle of Kaizu (1552)
Siege of Katsurao (1553)
First Battle of Kawanakajima (1553)
Siege of Kannomine (1554)
Battle of Enshu-Omori (1554)
Siege of Iwatsurugi Castle (1554)
Second Battle of Kawanakajima (1555)
Battle of Ino (1555)
Battle of Miyajima (1555)
Battle of Nagaragawa (1556)
Third Battle of Kawanakajima (1557)
Battle of Ukino (1558)
Siege of Terabe (1558)
Siege of Marune (1560)
Battle of Okehazama (1560)
Battle of Norada (1560)
Battle of Moribe (1561)
First Siege of Odawara (1561)
Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima (1561)
Siege of Moji (1561)
Battle of Kyōkōji (1562)
Siege of Kaminogō Castle (1562)
Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama (1563)
Battle of Batogahara (1564)
Battle of Kōnodai (1564)
Fifth Battle of Kawanakajima (1564)
Battle of Fukuda Bay (1565)
Siege of Minowa (1566)

Azuchi–Momoyama period

Unification by Oda Nobunaga

- Battle of Inabayama (1567)
- Siege of Kanegasaki (1570)
- Siege of Chōkō-ji (1570)
- Battle of Anegawa (1570)
- Ishiyama Hongan-ji War (1570-1580)
- Sieges of Nagashima (1571, 1573, 1574)
- Siege of Mount Hiei (1571)
- Battle of Mikatagahara (1573)
- Siege of Odani (1573)
- Siege of Ichijōdani Castle (1573)
- Battle of Nagashino (1575)
- Battles of Kizugawaguchi (1576, 1578)
- Siege of Shigisan (1577)
- Battle of Tedorigawa (1577)
- Siege of Miki (1578-1580)
- Siege of Itami (1579)
- Tenshō Iga War (1979, 1581)
- Siege of Hijiyama (1581)
- Second Siege of Takatenjin (1581)
- Battle of Tenmokuzan (1582)
- Siege of Takatō (1582)
- Siege of Uozu (1582)
- Incident at Honnō-ji (1582)
- Siege of Takamatsu (1582)
- Battle of Kanagawa (1582)

Unification by Toyotomi Hideyoshi

- Battle of Yamazaki (1582)
- Battle of Hiketa (1583)
- Battle of Shizugatake (1583)
- Battle of Komaki and Nagakute (1584)
- Siege of Suemori (1584)
- Siege of Toyama (1585)
- Siege of Negoro-ji (1585)
- Invasion of Shikoku (1585)
- Kyūshū campaign (1586-1587)
- Siege of Shimoda (1590)
- Third Siege of Odawara (1590)
- Siege of Oshi (1590)
- Siege of Kunoe (1591)

Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea (1592-1598)
- Battle of Bunroku (1592-1593)
- Battle of Keicho (1597-1598)
  - Battle of Hansan Island (1592)
  - Battle of Haengju (1593)
  - Battle of Myeongnyang (1597)
  - Siege of Ulsan (1597-1598)
  - Battle of Sacheon (1598)
  - Battle of Noryang (1598)

Unification by Tokugawa Ieyasu

- Siege of Shiroishi (1600)
- Siege of Hataya (1600)
- Siege of Kaminoyama (1600)
- Siege of Hasedō (1600)
- Siege of Ueda (1600)
- Siege of Tanabe (1600)
- Battle of Gifu Castle (1600)
- Siege of Fushimi (1600)
- Battle of Kuisegawa (1600)
- Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
- Siege of Ōtsu (1600)
- Siege of Udo (1600)
- Siege of Yanagawa (1600)

Edo period

Invasion of Ryukyu (1609)
Nossa Senhora da Graça incident (1610)
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)