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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.
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 .
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]
The Battle of Kashii (樫井の戦い) was the very first battle of the Summer Campaign of the 1615 Siege of Osaka, near the beginning of the Edo period in Japan.It took place on the 26th day of the 4th month of the Keichō era.
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 ...
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