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Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea

Japanese invasions of Korea
Busanjinsunjeoldo.jpg
The Japanese landing on Busan
Date 1592–1598
Location Korean Peninsula
Result Korean-Chinese victory; Withdrawal of Japanese armies
Belligerents
Korea: Joseon Dynasty
China: Ming Dynasty
Japan: Azuchi-Momoyama period
Commanders and leaders
Korea

Yi Sun-sin
Yi Eok-gi
Won Gyun
Sin Rip
Kim Si-min
Song Sang-hyeon
Go Gyeong-myeong
Kim Cheon-il
Jo Heon
Gwon Yul
Yu Seong-ryong
Kim Myeong-won
Yi Il
Gwak Jae-u
Jeong Ki-ryong
Kim Deok-nyeong
Yu Jeong
Hyujeong
Jeong Mun-bu
Kim Chung-seon.

China
Song Yingchang
Yang Hao
Li Rusong
Xing Jie
Listed above: Inspectors-general/field commanders

Yang Shaoxun
Ma Gui (pr.)
Liu Ting
Deng Zilong
Wu Weizhong
Chen Lin
Qian Shizheng et al.

Japan

Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Ukita Hideie
Katō Kiyomasa
Fukushima Masanori
Konishi Yukinaga
Kuroda Nagamasa
Mōri Terumoto
Kobayakawa Takakage
Mōri Katsunobu
Toyotomi Hidekatsu
Listed above: Legion chiefs

Chōsokabe Motochika
Shimazu Yoshihiro
Tachibana Muneshige
Kobayakawa Hidekane
Kuki Yoshitaka
Tōdō Takatora
So Yoshitoshi
Matsuura Shigenobu
Arima Harunobu
Ōmura Yoshiaki
Gotō Sumiharu
Nabeshima Naoshige
Sagara Yorifusa
Ōtomo Yoshimasa
Mōri Yoshimasa
Takahashi Mototane
Akizuki Tanenaga
Itō Suketaka
Shimazu Tadatoyo
Toda Katsutaka
Ikoma Chikamasa
Hachisuka Iemasa
Tachibana Naotsugu
Tsukushi Hirokado
Ankokuji Ekei
Hosokawa Tadaoki
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Uesugi Kagekatsu
Gamō Ujisato
Ōtani Yoshitsugu
Mori Hidemoto
Ikeda Hideuji
Nakagawa Hidenari
Mōri Yoshinari
Ikoma Kazumasa
Shimazu Tadatsune
Mitaira Saemon
Wakizaka Yasuharu
Katō Yoshiaki
Kurushima Michiyuki†
Kurushima Michifusa† and others

Strength
Korea

172,000 Korean Army,[1]
(at the beginning)
at least 22,600 Korean volunteers and insurgents

China
1st. (1592–1593)
43,000+[2]
2nd. (1597–1598)
~75,000[3]
Total:221,500[4]

Japan

1st. (1592–1593)
~ 158,000 [5]
2nd. (1597–1598)
~ 141,500[6]

Casualties and losses
Joseon: 260,000+ killed or wounded


260,000-1,000,000 civilian + military
Ming: 30,000+ killed or wounded

140,000+ killed or wounded

Source

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