Talk:Siege of Osaka

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bell inscription should have some citation - the quotation is contrary to Japanese sources, and does not match the photo included

reason for remove image

Beacuse the castle structre is Tokugawa style. In 1615, the castle was destroyed by fire. aftermath, shougate built a new castle and completed in 1629.--Burning Flame 10:21, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

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Clean up

Burning Flame, thank you for your contributions, and I hope you do not mind me cleaning up your language. Please do continue to help out expanding this article. I do have two concerns, though. First, what is "Honta-Ryo" meant to represent? Is it 「ほんたりょ」, or is it Honda-ryō (ほんだりょう), or something else? Second, I wonder if it could be made clearer which warriors are on which side. Reading about a battle between Kimura Shigenari and Ii Naotaka, or between Todo Takatora and Chosokabe Morichika, it is not obvious to someone unfamiliar with the subject, like myself, who is with Tokugawa (Eastern) and who with Toyotomi (Western). Thank you. LordAmeth 22:41, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Miyamoto Musashi

"History indicates that the legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi participated in the battle on the Toyotomi side. It is unknown how he fared but what is known is that Musashi was spared by Ieyasu for unknown reasons." According to someone much better informed than me, writing in the Miyamoto_Musashi talk page, he in fact fought on the Tokugawa side. This would of course explain why Ieyasu spared him. Maproom (talk) 21:48, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Miyamoto Mushashi fought on the side of the Tokugawa Shogunate side during the Osaka campaign; this mistake is presumably derived from the earlier Battle of Sekigahara, where Miyamoto Mushashi fought on the loosing Toyotomi side. His survival at Sekigahara is notable in that the defeated Toyotomi were rounded up and executed en masse following the battle. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Honsou Eshara (talk • contribs) 22:58, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Was Naahime's daughter also his concubine?

At the time I write, the article states that "Naahime, daughter of Hideyori and his concubine, was not sentenced to death." That phrasing makes it sound like Naahime was Hideyori's concubine as well as his daughter. I'm not an expert on this subject, but I doubt that's the case. The information was initially introduced with the phrasing "Hideyori's concubine daughter, Naahime, was not sentenced to death" and was then re-phrased by another editor. It sounds like the original editor intended to say that Naahime was a concubine (to somebody, not necessarily Hideyori). I'm removing the reference to concubinage; feel free to re-insert, hopefully in a less ambiguous manner, if you have more information on the subject. Baileypalblue (talk) 01:33, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

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The siege of Osaka was a series of battles undertaken by the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate against the Toyotomi clan, and ending in the clan's dissolution. Divided into two stages (the winter campaign and the summer campaign), and lasting from 1614 to 1615, the siege put an end to the last major armed opposition to the shogunate's establishment. This eight-metre-long (26 ft) painting, titled The Summer Battle of Osaka Castle and executed on a Japanese folding screen, illustrates Osaka Castle under siege, and was commissioned by the daimyo Kuroda Nagamasa, who took a team of painters with him to the battlefield to record the event. The painting depicts 5071 people and 21 generals, and is held in the collection of Osaka Castle.

Painting credit: unknown

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