Sengoku figure
Kobayakawa Takakage
小早川隆景
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1555
10/16
Battle of Itsukushima
Commanded the Mōri fleetMōri Motonari crossed to the island of Itsukushima and struck the camp on Tō-no-oka held by Sue Harukata, who by then wielded the real power of the Ōuchi house. The weaker side had chosen a narrow island as its ground.
1561
Month 11
Battle of Moji Castle
Crossed over as a defending commander for the MoriThe Ōtomo besieged Moji Castle above the Kanmon Strait, but Kobayakawa Takakage crossed over to hold it and the Ōtomo withdrew.
1585
Month 6
Shikoku Campaign
Commander on the Iyo frontHashiba Hideyoshi sent armies into Shikoku on three fronts against Chosokabe Motochika. Motochika submitted, retained only Tosa, and Shikoku was reorganized under Hideyoshi's settlement.
1592
Month 4
The Bunroku Campaign
六番隊On Hideyoshi's orders 160,000 Japanese troops crossed to Busan, took Hanseong in twenty days and Pyongyang in two months. Yi Sun-sin's navy then cut the sea route, and righteous armies and Ming reinforcements pushed them back. In 1593 they withdrew from Hanseong to coastal forts in the south and opened talks.
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