Siege of Ulsan

First siege of Ulsan
Part of the Imjin War

Joseon and Ming dynasty soldiers assault the Japanese-built fortress at Ulsan
Date29 January – 19 February 1598
Location
Ulsan Japanese Castle, Ulsan, Southern Korean Peninsula
Result Japanese Victory
Withdrawal of Korean and Ming Forces
Belligerents
Joseon and Ming dynasty Japanese army
Commanders and leaders
Ming:
Yang Hao
Ma Gui
Joseon:
Gwon Yul		 Ulsan castle
Katō Kiyomasa
Asano Yoshinaga
Reinforcements
Mōri Hidemoto
Nabeshima Naoshige
Hachisuka Iemasa
Kuroda Nagamasa
Strength
Ming: 40,000[1]
Joseon: 10,000[1]		 Ulsan castle: 10,000
Reinforcements: 13,000[2][3][4]
Casualties and losses
According to Ming sources:
1,621 killed[4]
2,908 wounded[4]
 ~9,000[3][4]

The siege of Ulsan (Korean: 울산성 전투; Hanja: 蔚山城戰鬪; RR: Ulsanseong Jeontu) was an unsuccessful Ming-Joseon attempt to capture Ulsan from the Japanese. The siege lasted from 26 January to 19 February 1598.

  1. ^ a b Hawley 2005, p. 491.
  2. ^ "日本戦史. 朝鮮役 （本編・附記）". National Diet Library of Japan (in Japanese).
  3. ^ a b Hawley 2005, p. 495.
  4. ^ a b c d "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.