Second siege of Ulsan

Second Siege of Ulsan
Part of the Imjin War
DateLate October - 2 November 1598
Location
Ulsan Japanese Castle, Ulsan, Southern Korean Peninsula
35°33′0.00″N 129°19′0.01″E / 35.5500000°N 129.3166694°E / 35.5500000; 129.3166694
Result Japanese victory
Withdrawal of Ming and Korean forces
Belligerents
Joseon and Ming dynasty Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Japanese army
Commanders and leaders
Ma Gui
Gim Eungseo		 Katō Kiyomasa
Strength
Ming:
24,000[1]
Joseon: 5,500[1]		 10,000[2]
Casualties and losses
? 2,000+[3]

The allied army, number 29,500 men, laid siege to Tosan near Ulsan in late October. The fortress was too heavily fortified to attempt an assault, however a series of engagements did occur around the area, resulting in more than 2,000 Japanese casualties. Allied forces lifted the siege on 2 November. Katō Kiyomasa's men departed for Japan on 14 December 1598.[3] Although the battle was ended in complete victory for the Japanese forces, their commanders such as Hachisuka Iemasa and Kuroda Yoshitaka were not pursuing the battered Ming army. Their action were reported by Nagataka Fukuhara, which incurred the wrath of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.[4]

  1. ^ a b Hawley 2005, p. 524.
  2. ^ Turnbull 2002, p. 217.
  3. ^ a b Swope 2009, p. 268.
  4. ^ Kitajima, Manji (1995), 豊臣秀吉の朝鮮侵略 [Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Invasion of Korea], 日本歴史叢書, 吉川弘文館, pp. 233–239, ISBN 4642066519