Siege of Namwon

Siege of Namwon
Part of Imjin War
Date23 - 26 September 1597
Location35°24′36.00″N 127°23′8.99″E / 35.4100000°N 127.3858306°E / 35.4100000; 127.3858306
Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
Japanese Left Army Korean Garrison
Ming army
Commanders and leaders
Ukita Hideie
Konishi Yukinaga
Shimazu Yoshihiro
So Yoshitoshi
Korea:
Yi Bok-nam 
Ming:
Yang Yuan
Strength
50,000–68,000[1][2] Korea:
700–1,000[3][2]
Ming:
3,000 men[4]
Casualties and losses
? 3,726[5]
Siege of Namwon
Hangul
남원전투
Hanja
南原戰鬪
Revised RomanizationNamwon Jeontu
McCune–ReischauerNamwŏn Chŏnt'u

The siege of Namwon was a military engagement that occurred from 23 September to 26 September 1597. It ended in Japanese victory.

  1. ^ Hawley 2005, p. 468.
  2. ^ a b "A critique of Samuel Hawley's the Imjin War: Japan's Sixteenth-Century Invasion of Korea and Attempt to Conquer China — Part 2: The second invasion | Great Ming Military". 16 August 2019.
  3. ^ Hawley 2005, p. 455.
  4. ^ Hawley 2005, p. 452.
  5. ^ Hawley 2005, p. 458.