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The siege of Osaka (大坂の役, Ōsaka no Eki, or, more commonly, 大坂の陣 Ōsaka no Jin) was a series of battles undertaken by the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in that clan's destruction. Divided into two stages, the winter campaign and the summer campaign, it lasted from 1614 to 1615.
The Siege of Osaka. In 1614, Toyotomi Hideyori (the Taikō’s son and the rightful heir on Shōgun), officially came of age. Finally a young lord at Osaka Castle, Hideyoshi gained supporters ...
The Castle of Osaka was symbolic as it was the power-base of the Tokugawa Bakufu in Western Japan. It was also historically significant and it had been the location of the Siege of Osaka, the decisive battle which established the power of the Tokugawa more than two centuries before. [1]
1874 – Kobe-Osaka railway begins operating; [14] Ōsaka Station (with clocktower) opens. [15] 1875 – Meiji political Osaka Conference of 1875 held. 1876 – Osaka Nippō (newspaper) begins publication. 1878 – Osaka Stock Exchange and Osaka Chamber of Commerce [16] established. 1879 – Asahi Shimbun (newspaper) begins publication. [17]
November 19 – Hostilities resulting from an attempt by Toyotomi Hideyori to restore Osaka Castle begin. Tokugawa Ieyasu, father of the shōgun, is outraged at this act, and leads three thousand men across the Kizu River, destroying the fort there. December 4 – The Siege of Osaka begins in Japan.
This battle was one of a number of battles that took place during the Summer Campaign of the Siege of Osaka that led up to the fall of Osaka to the forces of Tokugawa and the death of Toyotomi Hideyori. A vanguard force ahead of the Osaka Army was commanded by Gotō Mototsugu. He had with him a force of 2,800 samurai and his mission was to ...
Siege of Osaka The Sanada Maru ( 真田丸 （さなだまる） , Sanada Maru ) was a small fortification attached to Osaka castle . It is famous for being impregnable and playing a key role in defending the castle in the winter of 1615 .
At the Second Siege of Jinju, during Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea, Gotō was the first samurai to enter Jinju castle. [3] During the Siege of Osaka, Gotō was one of the most able and fierce generals in Toyotomi Hideyori's Army. He was the chief commander at the battle of Dōmyōji where, severely outnumbered by Date Masamune troops, he held ...