Siege of Jinju (1593)

The Second Siege of Jinju
	Part of Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea
Date	July 1593
Location	Jinju castle, Korea
Result	Decisive Japanese victory
Belligerents
Japanese army	Korean army, citizens
Commanders and leaders
Kato Kiyomasa; Ukita Hideie; Kobayakawa Takakage	Hwang Jin†; Kim Cheon-il†
Strength
90,000	At least 6,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	60,000 (including Korean citizens)

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The Second Siege of Jinju was a battle during 1593 in Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea at Jinju Fort, Korea, between Japan and Korea. Unlike the First Siege of Jinju this battle resulted in a Japanese victory. The Koreans defended the castle desperately with various weapons including bows, handguns, "black" class cannons (hyeonja-chongtong), explosive shots fired from mortars, killing numerous Japanese soldiers and destroying towers and bamboo palisades. The Koreans resisted for ten days, until a section of wall was breached by Japanese sappers, who had hid in an armoured cart called a "tortoise shell cart". This became the origin of the Uwajima Ushi-oni Festival. The fortress was captured with the loss of the garrison commander, Hwang Jin, and all of his defenders and civilians.

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