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Siege of Osaka
1615 CE · Osaka, Japan
Quick Facts
- Year
- 1615 CE
- Location
- Osaka, Japan
- Era
- ⛩️ East Asia
- Difficulty
- hard
The Siege of Osaka was the final conflict of Japan's Sengoku period, fought in two campaigns during the winter of 1614 and summer of 1615. Tokugawa Ieyasu besieged Osaka Castle, the stronghold of Toyotomi Hideyori, the young heir of the Toyotomi clan. The fall of Osaka Castle and the death of Hideyori eliminated the last threat to Tokugawa rule, ushering in over two centuries of peace under the Tokugawa Shogunate.
💡 Did you know?
After the fall of Osaka Castle, the Tokugawa shogunate imposed such strict peace that Japan experienced virtually no warfare for over 250 years, a period known as the 'Great Peace.'