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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.
Banner of Amakusa Shirō, during the Shimabara Rebellion. Text on the banner is medieval Portuguese reading "LOVVADo SEIA O SĀCTISSIMo SACRAMENTO". English meaning "Praised be the Most Holy Sacrament". Shirō was among Japanese Catholics who took over Hara Castle in a rebellion against the Shogunate. They mounted a coordinated defense that ...
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.
As early as 1585, Nagasaki, Shimabara and the nearby Amakusa Islands had 150,000 Christians, 200 Catholic churches and 85 priests; a seminary in Shimabara had 100 students. In 1590, a delegation from Europe returned to Japan and brought the first printing press. It was installed on the Amakusa Islands from 1591 to 1597, and in Nagasaki from ...
The Shimabara Rebellion, led by a young Christian boy named Amakusa Shirō Tokisada, took place in 1637. The Rebellion was sparked by economic desperation and government oppression, but later assumed a religious tone. About 27,000 people joined the uprising, but it was crushed by the shogunate after a sustained campaign.
The siege of Hara Castle (22 January–11 April 1638) was the final battle of the Shimabara Rebellion.The news of an upcoming Shogunate army forced the rebel forces to retreat to the south, where they fortified themselves in the dilapidated Hara Castle and withstood a two-month siege, inflicting heavy casualties on the government troops.
Therefore, during the Shimabara Rebellion from 1637 to 1638, rebels were able to successfully barricade themselves in the abandoned Hara Castle for many months against the forces of the Tokugawa shogunate. After the Shimabara Rebellion, the shogunate demolished the stone walls and other structures remaining at the site of the castle. [2]
Amakusa 1637 (AMAKUSA 1637) is a shōjo manga written and illustrated by Michiyo Akaishi.It is about the time-traveling adventures of six modern-day Japanese high school students from the St. Francisco Academy to the 17th century, where they take part in the Shimabara Rebellion.