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Imjin Wars

Japanese invasions of Korea
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The Japanese landing on Busan
Date May 23, 1592 – December 24, 1598
Location Korean Peninsula
Result Strategic Korean/Chinese victory
Withdrawal of Japanese Armies following military stalemate
Belligerents
Joseon Korea
Ming China
Toyotomi Japan
Commanders and leaders

Korea
King Seonjo
Prince Gwanghae
Ryu Seong-ryong
Gwon Yul
Yi Sun-sin 
Yi Eok-gi 
Won Gyun 
Shin Rip 
Kim Si-min 
Song Sang-hyun 
Go Gyeong-myeong 
Kim Cheon-il 
Jo Heon 
Kim Myeong-won
Yi Il
Gwak Jae-u
Jeong Ki-ryong
Kim Deok-nyeong
Yujeong
Hyujeong
Jeong Mun-bu
Kim Chung-seon


Ming China
Wanli Emperor
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 Shizhen et al.
Japan
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Mōri Terumoto
Mōri Hidemoto
Nabeshima Naoshige
Toyotomi Hidekatsu
Hosokawa Tadaoki
Ukita Hideie
Katō Kiyomasa
Shimazu Yoshihiro
Kobayakawa Takakage
Hachisuka Iemasa
Konishi Yukinaga
Ōtomo Yoshimasa
Tachibana Muneshige
Kobayakawa Hidekane
Tachibana Naotsugu
Tsukushi Hirokado
Ankokuji Ekei
Ikoma Chikamasa
Kuroda Nagamasa
Sō Yoshitoshi
Fukushima Masanori
Toda Katsutaka

Matsura Shigenobu
Tōdō Takatora
Ikoma Kazumasa
Nakagawa Hidenari
Katō Yoshiaki
Mōri Yoshimasa
Mōri Yoshinari
Arima Harunobu
Takahashi Mototane
Akizuki Tanenaga
Itō Suketaka
Shimazu Tadatoyo
Kuki Yoshitaka
Wakisaka Yasuharu
Ōmura Yoshiaki
Sagara Yorifusa
Shimazu Tadatsune
Gotō Sumiharu
Ōtani Yoshitsugu
Mōri Katsunobu
Hasegawa Hidekazu
Ikeda Hideo
Uesugi Kagekatsu
Gamō Ujisato
and others
Strength

Korea
172,000 Korean Army,
(as of 1592)
+ at least 22,600 Korean volunteers and insurgents

Ming China
1st. (1592–93)
43,000+
2nd. (1597–98)
75,000
90,000+

Total: 118,000+

Japan
1st. (1592)
158,000
2nd. (1597–98)

141,500
Total: 299,500
Casualties and losses

Korea: army : 185,000+ killed

50,000~60,000 captives
Total military: 260,000+
Total army + civilian : ~1,000,000

157 ships

China: 30,000+

Japan: 100,000 + soldiers killed.

460+ ships
Japanese invasions of Korea
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 萬曆朝鮮之役
Simplified Chinese 万历朝鲜之役
North Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl 임진조국전쟁
Hancha 壬辰祖國戰爭
South Korean name
Hangul 임진왜란
Hanja 壬辰倭亂
Japanese name
Kanji 文禄の役
Hiragana ぶんろくのえき

Korea
King Seonjo
Prince Gwanghae
Ryu Seong-ryong
Gwon Yul
Yi Sun-sin 
Yi Eok-gi 
Won Gyun 
Shin Rip 
Kim Si-min 
Song Sang-hyun 
Go Gyeong-myeong 
Kim Cheon-il 
Jo Heon 
Kim Myeong-won
Yi Il
Gwak Jae-u
Jeong Ki-ryong
Kim Deok-nyeong
Yujeong
Hyujeong
Jeong Mun-bu
Kim Chung-seon


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