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The Shimabara Rebellion (島原の乱, Shimabara no ran), also known as the Shimabara-Amakusa Rebellion (島原･天草の乱, Shimabara-Amakusa no ran) or Shimabara-Amakusa Ikki (島原･天草一揆), was an uprising that occurred in the Shimabara Domain of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan from 17 December 1637 to 15 April 1638.
The Battle of Hondo Castle (December 29, 1637) was a victory for the rebel peasants and ronin during the Shimabara Rebellion.After a successful uprising in Shimabara Domain, several thousand rebels crossed the sea to the nearby Amakusa Islands, domain of the Terazawa family, to help the local Christians who rose to arms at the same time.
After the failed sieges of Shimabara Castle (12 December 1637 – 8 January 1638) and Tomioka Castle (2–6 January 1638), in the middle of January 1638. the rebels retreated to the abandoned Hara Castle on the south-eastern coast of Shimabara, seeking a fortified position from where they could make a stand against the approaching government troops.
Both rebel armies from Shimabara Castle and Amakusa successfully retreated to Hara Castle and joined forces there in the middle of January 1638. Lord Matsukura Katsuie arrived to Shimabara Castle on 8 January with a strong force of his retainers, with the remaining rebels fleeing in front of his army. The siege was broken, but the castle town ...
Emboldened by the influx of new groups, the rebels (whose number had grown to 1,500) pursued their opponents to the gates of Shimabara Castle. They lost about 200 men in a short skirmish, but burned and looted the suburbs (including Buddhist temples) and besieged the castle.
The siege of Tomioka Castle (2-6 January 1638) was a defeat of the rebel peasants and ronin during Shimabara Rebellion.After a successful uprising in Shimabara Domain, several thousand of rebels crossed the sea to the nearby Amakusa islands, domain of the Terazawa family, to help the local Christians who rose to arms at the same time.
Masuda Shirō Tokisada (益田 四郎 時貞, c. 1621? – 28 February 1638), also known as Amakusa Shirō (天草 四郎), was a Japanese Christian of the Edo period and leader of the Shimabara Rebellion, an uprising of Japanese Roman Catholics against the Shogunate.
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