Siege of Hara Castle
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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.[1]
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Siege of Hara Castle | |||||||
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Part of Shimabara Rebellion | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Tokugawa shogunate Supported by: Dutch East India Company | Japanese Catholics and rōnin peasants | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Itakura Shigemasa † Matsudaira Nobutsuna Nicholas Couckebacker |
Amakusa Shiro † Masuda Yoshitsugu † Yamada Emonsaku | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
125,000[1][2] | 12,000 fighters[1][2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
20,000 killed and wounded[1] | 38,000 killed (including civilians)[2][1] |
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