Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Siege of Osaka castle

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Siege of Osaka castle

大阪の陣大阪冬の陣大阪夏の陣
alternative words: Siege of Osakajo, Osaka no jin, Osaka fuyo no jin, Osaka fuyonojin, Osaka natsu no jin, Osaka natsunojin, Battle of Osaka
keywords: war
related topics: Battle of Sekigahara , Toyotomi Hideyoshi , Sanada Yukimura , Tokugawa Ieyasu , Ronin
related web sites: http://tikugo.cool.ne.jp
explanation: After the battle of Sekigahara, the unique dangerous lord for Tokugawa Ieyasu was Toyotomi Hideyori, a son of Hideyoshi. Under the pretext that he would wish the end of Tokugawa, Ieyasu sent 200,000 men in 1614, while Hideyori shut himself in Osaka castle with a great number of ronin. Understood the castle impregnable, Ieyasu proposed an armistice in exchange of reclaiming the outer moat. But the inner moat being also reclaimed, the castle fell easily in June 1615 and Hideyori killed himself.