The Gangwon campaign was a campaign by the Japanese army to pacify Gangwon province, Korea in 1592, just after the beginning of the Seven Year War.
Timeline Ukita Hideie was appointed as supreme commander of the Japanese army in Korea, allotted to Mori Yoshinari's Fourth Division to be Kato Kiyomasa's rear guard by pacifying Gangwon Province. +DateLocationJoseon CommanderJapan CommanderMay 22, 1592YeogangWŏn HoJune 5, 1592HoeyangKim Yŏn'gwangJune, 1592Mat'anPyŏn ŬngsŏngJune 12, 1592Yi HonJune 19, 1592KimhwaWŏn HoShimazu ToyohisaAugust 11, 1592PyeongchangKwŏn TumunMori KatsunobuAugust 25, 1592WonjuKim Chegap Japanese's Fourth Division occupation of Gangwon Province in 1592 Japanese commander and their forts (all of which were captured Korean castles) :
Itō Suketaka - Cheorwon Akizuki Tanenaga - Wonju Shimazu Tadatsune - Chuncheon Shimazu Yoshihiro - Yongpyon and then Kumhwa
Mori Yoshinari's pacification of Gangwon Province The province of Gangwon had been very peaceful following its occupation by Mori Yoshinari's Fourth Division, but after a few months guerilla activity erupted.
Aftermath : Japanese Evacuation of Gangwon Province
References
Stephen Turnbull, "Samurai Invasion - Japan's Korean War 1592-1598", Cassel & Co, 2002
Notes (*) According to Chinese Lunar Calendar
See also History of Korea Military history of Korea Military history of Japan Righteous army